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020			_a044024157X
040			_aBSOP
041			_aEnglish
050			_aFIC _aG88l _a2004
100			_aGrisham, John
245			_aThe Last Juror / _cJohn Grisham.
264			_aNew York, USA: _bThe Random House Publishing, _c2004.
300			_a486p. ; _c17cm.
440			_aThe Last Juror
520			_aIn 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.
650			_aFiction, Thriller, Mystery
942			_2lcc _cBK
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