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For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed. Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row. Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man? Read more…
Abstract: For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed. Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row. Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?
به ازای هر مرد بی گناهی که به زندان می رود، یک مجرم در بیرون باقی می ماند. او نمی فهمد که پلیس و دادستان چگونه مرد اشتباهی را انتخاب کردند و مطمئناً برایش اهمیتی ندارد. او فقط نمی تواند شانس خوب خود را باور کند. زمان می گذرد و او متوجه می شود که اشتباه اصلاح نمی شود: مقامات به پرونده خود ایمان دارند و مصمم به محکومیت هستند. او حتی ممکن است محاکمه فردی را که به اشتباه متهم به جرمش است، تماشا کند. وقتی حکم مجرمانه باشد خیالش راحت می شود. وقتی پلیس و دادستان به خودشان تبریک میگویند میخندد. او راضی است که اجازه دهد یک فرد بی گناه به زندان برود، دوران سختی را تحمل کند، حتی اعدام شود. تراویس بویت چنین مردی است. در سال 1998، در شهر کوچک اسلون تگزاس شرقی، او یک تشویق کننده محبوب دبیرستان را ربود، تجاوز کرد و خفه کرد. او جسد او را دفن کرد تا هرگز پیدا نشود، سپس با حیرت شاهد بود که پلیس و دادستان دونته درام، ستاره محلی فوتبال را دستگیر و محکوم کردند و او را به اعدام محکوم کردند. حالا نه سال گذشت. تراویس به تازگی در کانزاس به دلیل جنایت دیگری آزاد شده است. دونته چهار روز تا اعدامش باقی مانده است. تراویس از یک تومور مغزی غیرقابل عمل رنج می برد. او برای اولین بار در زندگی نکبت بار خود تصمیم می گیرد کار درست را انجام دهد و اعتراف کند. اما چگونه یک مرد گناهکار می تواند وکلا، قضات و سیاستمداران را متقاعد کند که در شرف اعدام یک مرد بی گناه هستند؟ بیشتر بخوانید…< /span>
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