Wendall Rohr and a legal team of successful tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer. The trial is to be held in Biloxi, Mississippi, a state thought to have favorable tort laws and sympathetic juries. The defendant is Pynex, a tobacco company. Even before the jury has been sworn in, a stealth juror, Nicholas Easter, has begun to quietly connive behind the scenes, in concert with a mysterious woman known only as Marlee.
Rankin Fitch, a shady “consultant” who has directed eight successful trials for the tobacco industry, has placed a camera in the courtroom in order to observe the proceedings in his office nearby. He has begun to plot many schemes to reach to the jury. He planned to get to Millie Dupree throughblackmailing her husband through a tape that has him trying to bribe an official. He reaches to Lonnie Shaver through convincing a company to buy his employer and convince him through orientation. He also tries to reach Rikki Coleman through a blackmail of revealing her abortion to her husband.
As the case continues, Fitch is approached by Marlee with a proposal to “buy” the verdict. However, as Fitch investigates Marlee’s past, he discovers that her parents have been killed by smoking and that Marlee was actually planning against the defense. However, he has already sent the $10 million, so he lost $10 million in addition to having lost the trial. Easter becomes jury foreman after the previous one became ill (an illness resulting from Nicolas and Marlee spiking his coffee) and convinces them to find for the plaintiff and make a large monetary award – $2 million for compensatory damages, and $400 million for punitive measures.
The Essay on The Judicial System Jury Jurors Trial
This is very long, I just didn't wrap the words The Judicial System The justice system in our country today, is one of the best in the world, but it is not without problems. The 12-person Jury system has good intent but has definite faults and should be rethought and possibly revamped. The system was designed so that when charged with a crime, a person could be fairly tried by an impartial jury of ...
The defense lawyers and their employers are devastated. Whilst Easter and Marlee are now rich through short-selling the tobacco companies’ stocks and satisfied that they served justice, Fitch realizes that his reputation has been destroyed and that the tobacco companies, once undefeatable, are now vulnerable to lawsuits. The book closes with Marlee returning the initial $10 million bribe to Fitch, having used it to make several times that much, and warning Fitch that she and Nicholas will always be watching.
She explains that she had no intention to steal or lie, and that she cheated only because “That was all your client understood. ” Wendall Rohr: A successful tort lawyer who sues big corporations. He tried the case in his home state of Mississippi. Durwood Cable: The main defense lawyer. Rival and sometimes friend of Wendall Rohr. Rankin Fitch: A “consultant” for the “Big Four” tobacco companies. Directed eight trials, engineered two mistrials. Known for using unethical schemes to win the trials. Nicolas Easter: The decisive juror of the trial.
Real name is Jeff Kerr. Also had identifications of David Lancaster and Perry Hirsch; used to try to enter previous cases, but failed. Had two years of law school before he met Marlee. Marlee: The girlfriend and outside contact of Nicolas Easter. Real name is Gabrielle Brant. Parents died due to smoking. Has since meeting Jeff Kerr, schemed to follow and benefit from tobacco litigation. Frederick Harkin: The judge in the case Wood v. Pynex Loreen Duke: Black female juror. Divorced with two children. Voted for plaintiff. Angel Weese: Fellow black female juror.
Boyfriend is Derrick Maples, who was bribed by Rohr to try to convince Angel to vote for plaintiff. Although this attempt was unsuccessful, she nevertheless voted for plaintiff. Lonnie Shaver: Black male juror. Manager of supermarket, later convinced by new employer to vote for defense. Employer was friend of one of the tobacco companies. Stella Hulic: Obnoxious white female social climber. Later got removed due to being followed by tobacco company. However, it was actually Marlee who phoned Stella and stated that the tobacco companies followed her.
The Review on Mad About The Insanity Defense
Today in our legal system, there are many questionable defense tactics. They are designed to protect the rights of the charged, and further the cause of justice. However, in many cases this betterment of justice has been taken too far, and thus pleas such as "Temporary insanity" are born. Indeed, as will be proven, the insanity defense in itself has been stretched nearly to its breaking point. The ...
Frank Herrera: Retired white male colonel. Later removed for having unauthorized materials. Those materials were actually planted by Nicolas secretly to have Herrera, a pro-defense juror and very antagonistic to Nicolas, removed. Herman Grimes: The previous white blind male foreman. Very neutral, follows judge’s orders very devotedly. Removed due to a sudden illness on the final morning of the trial. This illness was secretly created by Nicolas through drugging Herman. The Runaway Jury is an intensely suspenseful legal thriller.
Very intriguing story in such a way that the reader simply can’t put the book down once they start reading it. I could feel my heart pounding as I read the last pages of the book. It tackles a lot of important points about cigarette smoking which make the story more interesting. Though this novel is set in a setting that is fairly similar to our own present time, the plot that it tells is able to turn the environment in which it is told into a very interesting and dynamic world. The characters found in this novel are also very unique and varied, and do a great job of progressing the story.
For example, the main “head” of the plaintiff in the trial is a man that seems to always be in a casual, sometimes ridiculous suit, always making new friends and sporting a friendly and carefree demeanor, while the main “leader” of the defense in the trial is a man who is quite the opposite: prone to temper, ready to do any number of dark deeds to get what he wants and almost never showing his face to the public throughout the whole novel. The main character of the novel is Nicholas Easter. He is chosen as one of the jurors.
While they were choosing the jury, they started to look around and find out information on the potential jurors. They don’t find out much about Nicholas. He and the mysterious woman know each other very well. It really amuses me that time when everyone seems to like Nicholas the most. Even though he isn’t chosen as their leader, the jurors treat him like he is. Also the judge has taken a liking to him. He went to college to become a lawyer, but he dropped out early. He uses the knowledge he gained there to understand what is going on in the courtroom and also to persuade the other jurors to do what he says.
The Essay on Crime Fiction Film Feel Make
A Talk With David Fincher Good morning David Morning Your latest work Se 7 eN has had mixed reviews at the box office. How do you answer to critics who say that the film is nothing more than a shower of insolence that incites violence? ? Bad reviews have never phased me. Se 7 eN does contain controversial obtrusive material that is aimed to provoke reaction. There is something slightly off about ...
I can really feel the thrill over my body when Fitch digs into both of their pasts and almost finds out who they both are. Even though this story is fictional it will really make you feel as if you had experienced it before and makes me wonder what would I do if i were Nicholas’ situation . I can really relate the story with our present situations for it’s about power and its corruption. In the story power is achieved through wealth which can be used to influence or pay anyone off. Deception and betrayal are everywhere in this story, including the people who are supposed to fight for justice, which annoys me a little bit.
