“Showtime” in Texas: Social Production of the Branch Davidian Trials

ABSTRACT: This article analyzes the two major legal trials involving surviving members of the Branch Davidian sect that was involved in the fiery conflagration outside of Waco, Texas, in 1993. The criminal trial, which took place in 1994, and the wrongful death civil trial against the federal govern...

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Main Author: Richardson, James T. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2001
In: Nova religio
Year: 2001, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 152-170
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