ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Misisipi kahi e mālama ai i kēlā ʻano kaʻao ʻeleʻele o ka lāhui ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. A ME ʻO John Grisham ʻIke ʻo ia iā ia e nānā i nā kuee hohonu loa ma waena o ka pono liberal o ke Komohana a me nā wahi paʻa e like me kēia kūlana hema o ka idiosyncrasy a me ka miscegenation ʻē aʻe.
E nānā hou iā Clanton (ʻaʻole ke kaona maoli a me Alabama hou aʻe akā ʻo ka mea i hana ʻia e kēia mea kākau) e noho i kahi ākea piha i ka straced i loko o nā hanana pono ʻole i ka manawa o ka puke, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ninities.
Akā e like me nā manawa fictionalized ʻē aʻe ma Clanton a i ʻole kekahi Grisham hoʻonohonoho ʻana, pau ka hihia i lilo i papa kilokilo ma ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo, a ma kāna ʻaoʻao pono. A no laila ke kuhikuhi nei ka mea i ke koʻikoʻi kaiāulu, i ke kālailai ʻana i nā palena o ke kānāwai, ka pono a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa i ka wā o ke kuleana kūlohelohe ma luna o nā kānāwai āpau.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Deputy Sheriff Stuart Kofer iā ia iho ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia. ʻOiai ʻoiai e inu ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea e pono ai, kahi mea maʻamau, ninini ʻo ia i kāna mau huhū huhū ma kāna ipo wahine, ʻo Josie, a me kāna mau keiki ʻōpio, ua pale mau ka pāʻālua mākaʻi iā ia.
Akā i hoʻokahi pō, ma hope o ka hahau ʻana iā Josie me ka ʻike ʻole i ka honua, ua ʻike kāna keiki ʻo Drew he hoʻokahi wale nō kāna koho e hoʻopakele ai i kona ʻohana. Lālau ʻo ia i kahi pū a hoʻoholo e lawe i ka hoʻopono i kāna lima ponoʻī.
I Clanton, ʻaʻohe mea e hāpai i ka inaina ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea hoʻomake kope ... koe wale nō, kāu loio. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Jake Brigance e lawe i kēia hihia hiki ʻole, akā ʻo ia wale nō me ka ʻike kūpono e pale aku ai i ke keiki kāne.
A i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻokolokolo, me he mea lā hoʻokahi wale nō hopena ma ka pae no Drew: ke keʻena kinoea. Akā, e like me ka ʻike hou ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale o Clanton, ke lawe ʻo Jake Brigance i kahi hihia hiki ʻole… hiki i kekahi mea ke hiki.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i ka puke «Manawa no ke kala ʻana, na John Grisham, ma aneʻi:
