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A 1992 thriller by John Katzenbach. Matt Cowart is a a reporter who receives a letter from Bobby Earl Ferguson, a death row inmate claiming innocence. While initially sceptical Cowart soon comes to believe that Ferguson is innocent and manages to get him released… only to learn that he has in fact released a dangerous killer.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
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A 1992 thriller by John Katzenbach. Matt Cowart is a a reporter who receives a letter from Bobby Earl Ferguson, a death row inmate claiming innocence. While initially sceptical skeptical, Cowart soon comes to believe that Ferguson is innocent and manages to get him released… released... only to learn that he has in fact released a dangerous killer.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initialinvestigation investigation, the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s Earl's property; when Cowart and the cops return return, they search the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl IS guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort to torture to get a confession. Sheriff Brown even admits that part of why he hates Cowart is because he was entirely right that the case was laughably weak.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer. He’s still guilty as hell.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are both examples.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer. He’s still guilty as hell.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are both examples.
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* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl IS guilty it’s ''is'' guilty, it's made clear that if the Sheriff’s Sheriff's Department had done a more thorough job job, they wouldn’t wouldn't have needed to resort to torture to get a confession. Sheriff Brown even admits that part of why he hates Cowart is because he was entirely right that the case was laughably weak.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer.He’s He's still guilty as hell.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are bothexamples.examples.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are both
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search it the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl was guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort to
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl was guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort to
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search it the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
* EvilGenius: Bobby Earl is as intelligent as he is evil.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earlwas IS guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort toto torture to get a confession. Sheriff Brown even admits that part of why he hates Cowart is because he was entirely right that the case was laughably weak.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer. He’s still guilty as hell.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are both examples.
* EvilGenius: Bobby Earl is as intelligent as he is evil.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Bobby Earl is convicted due to a combination of racism, a coerced confession and an incompetent lawyer. He’s still guilty as hell.
* SerialKiller: Bobby Earl and Blair Sullivan are both examples.
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A 1992 thriller by John Katzenbach. Matt Cowart is a a reporter who receives a letter from Bobby Earl Ferguson, a death row inmate claiming innocence. While initially sceptical Cowart soon comes to believe that Ferguson is innocent and manages to get him released… only to learn that he has in fact released a dangerous killer.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search it the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl was guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort to
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It turns out that during the initial investigation the police failed to search the Outhouse on Bobby Earl’s property; when Cowart and the cops return they search it the outhouse more fully and discover bloody clothes. The Sheriff admits that the bloody clothes would have been enough to make beating Bobby Earl unnecessary.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Deconstructed. While Bobby Earl was guilty it’s made clear that if the Sheriff’s Department had done a more thorough job they wouldn’t have needed to resort to
