A new novel by Dax-Devlon Ross, Make Me Believe: A Crime Novel Based on Real Events, follows the discoveries and dangerous encounters of a fictional author investigating the case of Toronto Patterson, the last juvenile defendant executed in Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down this practice in 2005. Employing actual interviews with Patterson, court documents, news articles and courtroom testimony, Ross’s book blends fact and fiction to confront some of the problems of capital punishment in Texas while providing a fascinating story. Dax-Devlon Ross is a lawyer and writer of nonfiction, fiction and poetry.
