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Imagine a young, black, ten year old girl, walking home from the store after gathering the items her mother requested. Imagine two white men racing along in their truck to hunt her down, they approach her, they get out of their truck, they drag this girl, they beat her, they rape her, then they proceed to hang her to die. Only one thing, she doesn’t die, she lives, she lives with the memory, she lives with the scares, and she lives the reality of never being able to have children of her own. What would you do to these two men who commit such a hateful crime? Jake Brigance directs to the jury his closing statement. Carl Lee Hailey, a black man, would not walk free after deciding the ultimate punishment for James Willard and Billy Ray, prior to them entering a courtroom. These two young men commit the extreme crime of their town, a town that is divided by race and class; they beat, rape and hang Tonya Hailey to die.
Approximate Word count = 639
Approximate Pages = 2.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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