In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the
State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the
Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to
pursue his dreams of big league glory.
Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad
habits--drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of
mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother
and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa.
In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue
Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could
not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they
suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were
finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.
With no physical evidence, the prosecution's case was built on junk
science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts.
Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron
Williamson was sent to death row.
If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven
guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death
penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal
justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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