Scarecrow

Jack Mcevoy is at the End of the Line As a Crime Reporter. Forced to Take a Buy-Out From the La Times As the Newspaper Grapples With Dwindling Revenues, He's Got 30 Days Left on the Job. His Last Assignment? Training His Replacement, a Low-Cost Reporter Just Out of J-School. but Jack Has Other Plans for His Exit. He is Going to Go Out With a Bang - a Final Story That Will Win the Newspaper Journalism's Highest Honor - a Pulitzer Prize. Jack Focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-Year-Old Drug Dealer From the Projects Who Has Confessed to Police That He Brutally Raped and Strangled One of His Crack Clients. Jack Convinces Alonzo's Mother to Co-Operate With His Investigation Into the Possibility of Her Son's Innocence. but She Has Fallen for the Oldest Reporter's Trick in the Book. Jack's Real Intention is to Use His Access to Report and Write a Story That Explains How Societal Dysfunction and Neglect Created a 16-Year-Old Killer. but As Jack Delves Into the Story He Soon Realises That Alonzo's