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Just Cause is a 1995 film directed by Arne Glimcher and starring Sean Connery and Laurence Fishburne. It is based on John Katzenbach's novel of the same name.
Paul Armstrong, (Sean Connery), a liberal Harvard professor opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded to go to Florida, to investigate the conviction of Bobby Earl Ferguson (Blair Underwood) for murder. Ferguson, a former Cornell University student, is a highly intelligent, charming, and articulate black man who was convicted of raping and murdering a young white girl. Armstrong must save him from being placed in the electric chair. Ferguson tells Armstrong that he was tortured by a racist police detective to get a confession. As Armstrong digs deeper into the case, he discovers that Tanny Brown (Laurence Fishburne), the chief detective on the case, did indeed coerce Ferguson's confession.
The plot thickens when Ferguson tells the professor that the murder was actually committed by Blair Sullivan (Ed Harris), a serial killer awaiting execution, who later reveals the location of the weapon used to kill the girl. When Armstrong discovers the weapon, Brown tries to threaten him into abandoning the investigation. (It is revealed that the murdered girl was Brown's daughter's best friend.) Ferguson gets a re-trial and is freed from prison.
I really like you but unfortunately
I think I found out that you're in love with me
that ain't no problem
although you're fat and ugly
the only scary thing is
you're 2 feet bigger than me!
I tried to tell you that things wouldn't work out
I couldn't finish, cause you were moaning loud
you pulled me towards you
and choked me in your fat
you asked me if I love you, I was almost dead!
It drives me to despair, I can't get rid of you
you keep on bugging me, I don't know what to do
JUST GO! - I don't care and I don't wanna know
I just don't want to see you anymore
Yeah yeah yeah - JUST GO!
Why the hell don't you leave me alone?!
You take my money, you eat my food
you're singing in my toilet
and that ain't sounding good
you tried to be romantic, it was really gross