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The last juror /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Doubleday, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: 355 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0385510438
  • 9780385510431
  • 044024157X (pbk.)
  • 9780440241577 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Last juror.DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3557.R5355 L37 2004b
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Summary: In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers 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 the paper 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 he was found guilty. 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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F F Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction F GRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) PS3557.R5355 L37 2004b 1 Available 34517000278641

In 1970, one of Mississippi's more colorful weekly newspapers 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 the paper 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 he was found guilty. 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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