Death Row Defender.

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Death Row Defender By Raymond Dix

Ray Dix's legal thriller Death Row Defender tells the suspenseful story of an ex-public defender turned appellate advocate for an innocent death row convict. Jon Clayton was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of Donella Nash. After five years on death row, Clayton's number is finally up as the governor uses his execution as political fodder for his own reelection.

For Clayton's final appeal, the court has appointed ex-public defender Woody Thomas who must overcome evidence of his client's history of violence. Worse still, Thomas must somehow prevail over the evidentiary lynch pin that the bullet in Nash's head came from Clayton's own gun. To complicate...