The Last Juror - John Grisham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERIn 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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