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John Grisham’s “A Time to Kill” Chapter 4
Percy Bullard would be the judge presiding over the rape case. He was fidgeting in his office just thinking about all the people in the courtroom waiting to hear the outcome of the preliminary hearing. Most of the people in the courtroom were blacks. There were lawyers gathered around the coffee machine gossiping about the rape. Mr. Pate, the courtroom deputy, knocked on the Judge’s door to alert him that a camera crew wanted to come into his courtroom. The Judge would not have it and ordered them to go away.
The public defender was Drew Jack Tyndale. The prosecutor was Rocky Childers. The hearing started. Jake went to the hearing. Sheriff Walls testified for the prosecutor. He gave all the gory details of the rape and how Willard signed a confession. Cobb was astounded when he heard that Willard had signed a confession. No one else testified. The hearing was bound over to a grand jury. Judge denied bond. A bail hearing was set for another day.
Some attorneys will waive the preliminary hearing and the case will automatically go to the grand jury to straight to court. But if you have a preliminary hearing, you will hear witnesses’ testimonies and be better prepared. In this case, Cobb just found out that Willard signed a confession about the rape. Will that signed confession tear them apart? Will they have to get separate attorney because now it will be a conflict of interest for the public defender?
Carl Lee met with Jake after the hearing. They spoke about Tonya and what would Jake do if black men would have raped his daughter. Carl Lee told Jake that he wanted to kill Willard and Cobb. Jake told him not to do it. Carl Lee asked Jake if Jake would represent him if he killed Willard and Cobb. Jake told him that he would.
Will Jake take matters into his own hands? What would you do if you were Carl Lee? Read along the next chapter of the book and let’s find out together.
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