![]() The odds of winning the case are low because it is in Mississippi. Carl Lee Hailey is Tonya’s father he gets revenge on the rapists by killing them with an M16 rifle that was illegally obtained.Ī 32-year old white lawyer named Jake Brigance agrees to represent Carl Lee, a black man who shot and killed two men who raped his daughter. She survives, so they’re caught by Sheriff Ozzie Walls who’s also black. They rape her and throw her off a bridge to see if she can survive. In the beginning of the novel, two white men named Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard kidnap a ten-year old black girl named Tonya Hailey. ![]() The story takes place during the 1980s and explores themes of racism, intolerance, and revenge. ![]() John Grisham’s 1988 novel A Time to Kill is about Jake Brigance, a lawyer in Mississippi who defends Carl Lee Hailey for killing two men. 1-Page Summary of A Time To Kill Overall Summary ![]()
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