When Tonya Hailey, an innocent little African-American girl is raped and beaten by 2 beer-guzzling rednecks, the town of Canton, Mississippi is shocked. Her father Carl Lee Hailey is outraged, and figuring he could not see those boys set free, decides to take justice into his own hands and kills them in the court house, in front of numerous witnesses. Now it up to Jake Brigance to get Carl Lee off the hook. He has people that help him, but he is up against tough D.A. Rufus Buckley. Will he be able to prove that a black man can get a fair trial in Mississippi? Written by Alexis <LSmith6135@aol.com>this case seem questionable to this court.
Mr. Smith was arrested on August 2, 2004, for these three offenses, which occurred on that same date. At that time, he was a legal adult, having turned eighteen three months earlier. He filed an affidavit indicating that he had no income, no assets, and that he lived with his mother. He was appointed a public defender, and he did not post bond.
On March 10, 2005, at the beginning of trial, Mr. Smith signed a negotiated plea agreement. At the time he entered into this agreement, the lawyers and the trial court knew that he had a juvenile record including a prior grand theft auto. However, his scoresheet under the Criminal Punishment Code contained only 29.4 points and, thus, was well within