02282nam a22003737a 4500 PH-MaWHO Ost 20241108112746.0 241015b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780440246022 WPRO Library lccopycat FIC GRI Last Grisham, John. 675519 The last juror / Mass market edition New York : Bantam Dell : c2004. 486 pages In 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 'Times' looked grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered. A member of the notorious Padgitt family was soon arrested. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper. The accused, 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 Padgitt managed to get himself paroled. He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began. Trials (Murder) Fiction. 674864 Newspaper publishing Fiction. 675520 Ex-convicts Fiction. 674527 Revenge Fiction. 674568 Jury Fiction. 675522 Mississippi Fiction. 675521 Suspense fiction. gsafd 674564 Legal fiction (Literature). gsafd 674865 Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) DLC 674625 Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0628/2005566115-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0628/2005566115-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0628/2005566115-s.html nml MONO 18040 18040 0 0 nml 0 0 FIC WPRO WPRO Mez 2024-10-15 0 FIC GRI Last FIC0141 2024-10-15 13:26:07 MONO