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1 They found Seth Hubbard in the ge
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Touching nothing, he backed away an
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2 Jake Brigance stared at the brigh
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shift and whose primary responsibil
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Dell was an old tart with the quick
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indictment. Secretly, Jake hoped Ma
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she left; now, though, he almost mi
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in knowing I will not be there to s
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She did as he instructed, and when
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“They’ll make all sorts of clai
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4 The drive from central Memphis to
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Lettie carefully poured the coffee
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minutes of near silence, they lost
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suicide. The second was addressed n
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5 By noon Monday the entire bar ass
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Jake said, “Tell me about Seth Hu
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“My client wants me to wait until
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and her husband rarely made things
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6 The parking lot of the Irish Road
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pretending to mourn at $200 an hour
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disbelief, then pointed to the park
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“I just got home and you’re rea
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“It’s very important, Ms. Lang,
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ead the two-page will. Slowly, her
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“You have a filthy mind. I love i
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8 Russell Amburgh hid behind a news
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good hurricane season, lots of dama
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was out of his mind. You can’t ma
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fictionalized, but through it all t
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seen liquor in the house; Seth didn
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the picnic table. An hour earlier,
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in ten years. And your family, with
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10 Three well-dressed lawyers from
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in different circles. As the favore
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everyone who crossed him and defend
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“Sure. I’d fight over a lot les
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11 A nosy paralegal sniffing throug
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Herschel was sitting behind the whe
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estate here and there. One of my jo
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“No comment, Dumas,” Jake said,
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the law than you do anyway. And, I
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Judge Atlee said, “Before we get
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“Skole, Your Honor. Skole, Rumky,
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people in the courtroom. Even Judge
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out of state. Otherwise, everyone i
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stairwell shook. Roxy called after
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To Jake, it was significant that Ha
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“No. My job is to protect the wil
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contest. Hell, we got three trials
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14 The Berring Lumber Company was a
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“That was my job. We talked every
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Kamila said, “He got pretty aggre
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“But why?” she managed to ask.
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suspect. He ran a ten-man litigatio
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too few square feet. Now, though, t
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“I think so.” Benjy dealt black
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so much, and with such authority, t
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the window. They rode in silence un
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panel. He was brash, loud, smart, f
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mother had been blown away by a saw
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jury also ruled against nasty littl
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17 The usual white-collar crowd gat
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The lawyer calmly said, “Ethics a
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went to court. “I hear he’s got
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closed his eyes and heard the voice
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taken. He shook hands with Wade Lan
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client can get a fair trial. This i
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was napping, Lettie gently shook hi
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facing me in Chancery Court, in thi
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everywhere. There are gaps in every
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35 Two weeks before the scheduled s
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clients with the greatest interests
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on, “Now, and listen to me, I wil
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They went through all ninety-seven
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oughly $1.5 million. It took the po
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“No, Lucien, I’m more concerned
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awake. He assumed he was an officer
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37 Jake walked into the Coffee Shop
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Mr. Eli Rady, had filed four lawsui
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“I’m always sober in the mornin
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ack was cramping and Lonny tried to
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“Where’s Mr. Willie going to li
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In six months, he’d gone through
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enough. They drove to a fish shack
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pot, flirting with the clerks who k
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ickering for later.” After the re
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So far, his firm had either spent o
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Jake said, “Judge, I’d like to
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40 Lucien shuffled the deck and def
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“I did,” Lonny said. “Tell me
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“Should I tell Judge Atlee?” Ha
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41 In his defense of Carl Lee Haile
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this?’ However, it is not your re
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was rich, and she also knew his rel
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Funeral Instructions: I want a simp
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holographic will, thus entitled to
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42 The detective was leaving the ho
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eight doses a day of Demerol, at a
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“Not to my knowledge. There was n
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10:00 p.m. Jake asked the easy ques
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happened to be looking for a part-t
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windows, arranged magazines, even w
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“About a year, then she moved awa
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here, Wade. Judge, this is a clear
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Fritz said, “Seventy-five hundred
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“Don’t bet on it. You can’t l
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Lettie stared at him, dumbfounded.
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her deposition back in December and
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“Twelve.” “So it’s been twe
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as a witness until two weeks ago, i
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“We’ll see. Maybe it’s not ov
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airport lounges, all of which he no
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victims. He was well acquainted wit
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emember all the white families she
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46 After butting heads with the Mem
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not a single way to get it in.”
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awake and eager to witness this une
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or so away, and she was yelling and
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And we were certain the sheriff wou
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47 The jurors filed silently out of
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“I’m afraid to ask,” Jake sai
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thought he looked lost. When he cou
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“Are you okay?” Jake whispered
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sipped wine by Harry Rex’s pool a
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admitted to college will qualify fo
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“I’d be delighted.” He was th