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When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the hoodlums who have raped his ten-year-old child- the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal.But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men- they invade the town- determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice.Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. Its the kind of case that can make or break a young lawyer. But in the maelstrom of Clanton- it is also the kind of case that could get a young lawyer killed....