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THE LAST JUROR by JOHN GRISHAM
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SummaryIn 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly
newspapers, The Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the
surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by a 23
year-old college dropout, named Willie Traynor. The future
of the paper looked grim until a young mother was brutally
raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt
family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details,
and his newspaper began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed
courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a
startling and dramatic end when the defendant threatened
revenge against the jurors if they convicted him.
Nevertheless, they found him guilty, and he was sentenced
to life in prison.
But in Mississippi in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily
mean "life," and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to
get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the
retribution began.
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