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Last Juror[最后的陪审员]
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House
- 出版时间 2004年10月 第1版
- ISBN 9780099457152
- 定价 68.40
内容简介
In1970,oneofMississippi'smorecolourfulweeklynewspapers,TheFordCountyTimes,wentbankrupt.Tothesurpriseanddismayofmany,ownershipwasassumedbya23year-oldcollegedrop-out,namedWillieTraynor.ThefutureofthepaperlookedgrimuntilayoungmotherwasbrutallyrapedandmurderedbyamemberofthenotoriousPadgittfamily.WillieTraynorreportedallthegruesomedetails,andhisnewspaperbegantoprosper.Themurderer,DannyPadgitt,wastriedbeforeapackedcourtroominClanton,Mississippi.Thetrialcametoastartlinganddramaticendwhenthedefendantthreatenedrevengeagainstthejurorsiftheyconvictedhim.Nevertheless,theyfoundhimguilty,andhewassentencedtolifeinprison.ButinMississippiin1970,'life'didn'tnecessarilymean'life',andnineyearslaterDannyPadgittmanagedtogethimselfparoled.HereturnedtoFordCounty,andtheretributionbegan.
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