John Grisham
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxxviii, 215 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 24 cm
Description
An award-winning scholar of white supremacy tackles her toughest research assignment yet: the unsolved murder of a black man in rural Mississippi while her grandfather was the local sheriff--a cold case that sheds new light on the hidden legacy of racial terror in America.
63) The client
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mark Sway is an 11-year-old torn between what he knows and what he can never tell. A hitman will snuff him in half a heartbeat if Mark reveals what he learned about a Mob murder. An ambitious federal prosecutor will keep the pressure on until Mark tells all. Suddenly, Mark isn't a boy playing air guitar anymore. He's a pawn in a deadly game. And his only ally is a courageous but unseasoned attorney who risks her career for him ... but never imagines...
65) The client
Publisher
Regency
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Mark Sway, an 11-year-old torn between what he knows and what he can never tell. A hit man will snuff him in half a heartbeat if Mark reveals what he learned about a Mob murder. An ambitious federal prosecutor will keep the pressure on until Mark tells all. Suddenly, Mark isn't a boy playing air guitar anymore. He's a pawn in a deadly game. And his only ally is a courageous but unseasoned attorney who risks her career for him but never imagines she'll...
66) Runaway jury
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After a man dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the gun. Her lawyer argues that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was not following federal regulations. As the case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer takes no chances on the outcome, and they hire Rankin Fitch, a "jury consultant" who makes it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to guarantee...
67) The Rainmaker
Series
Description
Rudy is a young lawyer fresh out of college who takes the case of his life. He is the only hope of an elderly couple whose insurance company will not pay for an operation that could save their son's life. Rudy takes on this client in his first case after the head of his law office has to hide because he's wanted by the feds. He must overcome many obstacles inside and outside the courtroom as he attempts to find out what it means to be a lawyer and...
68) A time to kill
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD, sides A & B (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lawyer Rick Magruder has a one-night-stand affair with caterer Mallory Doss. He becomes hooked on her, and when he learns her nut-case father Dixon is threatening her, he puts the weight of his law firm behind Mallory, has Dixon arrested and subpoenas her ex-husband Pete to testify against Dixon in court. Dixon is sent to an asylum, but escapes from there and the lives of many people are in danger.
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2018
Formats
Description
A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on innocent lives
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated...
After two three-year-old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men: Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined thirty years in prison before finally being exonerated...
Publisher
Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 570 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Description
"Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East...