Death Penalty Roulette

January, 1999

In August 1980 Cheryl Fergeson, a blue-eyed schoolgirl, arrived late to a volleyball tournament at Conroe High School in Conroe, Texas. The locker room in the gym appeared to be locked, so she wandered off in search of a rest room.Her friends did not immediately notice her absence, but when they did, officials stopped the tournament and called the police. Two janitors found Cheryl's body in the auditorium, stuffed under cardboard backdrops used in school plays. Cheryl's mouth appeared frozen in...