The last juror / John Grisham
By: Grisham, John
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Publisher: New York : Bantam Dell : c2004Edition: Dell mass market ed.Description: 486 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 044024157X (pbk.); 9780440241577 (pbk.).Subject(s): Trials (Murder) -- Fiction | Newspaper publishing -- Fiction | Ex-convicts -- Fiction | Revenge -- Fiction | Jury -- Fiction | Mississippi -- FictionDDC classification: 813.54 Summary: In 1970, a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Local newspaper editor Willie Traynor reported the details of the horrifying crime. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi, threatening revenge against the jurors if they convict him, but guilty he was found and sentenced to life in prison. In Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life," and nine years later Danny Padgitt gets parole. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.
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In 1970, a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Local newspaper editor Willie Traynor reported the details of the horrifying crime. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi, threatening revenge against the jurors if they convict him, but guilty he was found and sentenced to life in prison. In Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean "life," and nine years later Danny Padgitt gets parole. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.