Despite visits from the KKK and threatens against him and his family, Jake presents an electrifying, crowd drawing defense for a man he believes did what any father would do. However, Carl could be punished by death.Ĭarl, fortunately, obtains the service of a white attorney, who himself is a husband and father. The remaineder of the book, readers see how two brutual men, simply because of their color and that of their victim, could have possibly walked away scott-free. And Carl makes plans to carry out the deed, and he succeeds. A Time to Kill is a 1988 legal thriller by John Grisham. As any parent can understand, however, Carl, Tonya's father, cannot bear the thought of what those men did to his daughter and wants to seek his own revenge against them specifically, he wants them dead by his hands. Soon after young Tonya, the victim, reports the crime, the men are arrested and brought to Court for arraignment hearings. The writing is so descriptive readers feel as though they really there their heartbreaking for the terrified young girl and filled with hatred for the evil men. This book begins with the reader being present at the horrific rape and beating of a young black adolescent girl by two dumber-than-dirt but meaner-than-the-devil rednecks. In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan. You don't have to be a lawyer to understand the why of main character of this book Carl, only a parent. Excellent Example of the Injustices of the Old South Murder or executions Justice or revenge Carl trusts his life to only one man in town - local criminal lawyer Jake Brigance, who dreams of famous cases.
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