Branded by a criminal record. Weldon Whitman was condemned to the gas chamber for a bizarre sex crime.
Protesting his innocence, Whitman mounted a public appeal for justice that became headline news.
Robert Cloud and Genevieve Neller answered that appeal and found themselves on the feeding grounds of the political jackals. Both were driven by high-tension passions into an electifying last-minute mile against the executioner, while a nation watched the spectacle.
Mark the Sparrow
