A Time to Kill

In this searing courtroom drama, best-sellingauthor John Grisham probes the savage depths ofracial violence... as he delivers a compelling taleof uncertain justice in a small southerntown...

Clanton, Mississippi. The life of aten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken andremorseless young man. The mostly white town reactswith shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Untilher black father acquires an assault rifle -- andtakes justice into his own outraged hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack ofsniper fire spread through the streets ofClanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defenseattorney Jake Brigance struggles to save hisclient's life... and then his own...