When Joe Burrows was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of an elderly Illinois farmer, he asked me—a young reporter covering my first murder trial—to help tell his story. This non-fiction narrative is a harrowing account of murder, betrayal, and of a femme fatale's wrongful accusation that put two innocent men behind bars, one of them on Illinois' infamous Death Row. It was never my intent to prove that Burrows was innocent of murder. Rather, it was to uncover the truth, or close to it at least. After finishing this book and forming their own opinion, readers may want to ask themselves this question — "What was I doing three days ago, and who could I get to back my alibi?"