01795cam a2200337 i 4500 1468164375 TxAuBib 20240729120000.0 040130s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004043818 9780385510431 27.95 0385510438 27.95 TxAuBib rda Grisham, John, 1955- The last juror [BOOK] / John Grisham. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2004] 355 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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.". 20240729. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Newspaper publishing Fiction. Ex-convicts Fiction. Revenge Fiction. Jury Fiction. Mississippi Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.)