A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age (32 page)

Dave Clark and his wife, Nancy, outside his cell at the Hall of Justice.
(UCLA Special Collections)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rayner, Richard, 1955–
A bright and guilty place : murder, corruption, and L.A.’s scandalous
coming of age / by Richard Rayner. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Organized crime—California—Los Angeles—History.
2. Murder—California—Los Angeles—History. 3. Political
corruption—California—Los Angeles—History. I. Title.
HV6795.L6R39 2009
364.109794′9409042—dc22
2008043905

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