Just Cause - Softcover

Robert Earl Ferguson, a black prison inmate convicted of a young white girl's brutal murder, writes to Miami journalist Matthew Cowart to tell him he's innocent. No great surprise there, thinks Cowart, a veteran of the selective memory processes of those on Death Row, but as he cuts through the fog of racial hatred, fear and dubious evidence surrounding the conviction, he begins to think Ferguson may have a point.

In the months that follow, Cowart's investigative articles not only rectify a miscarriage of justice, they also turn him into a critically-acclaimed celebrity. But behind the plaudits lies the shadow of a disturbing truth: the real killer is still at large.

And he's still killing ...