The Last Juror

In 1970, The Ford County Times, one of Mississipis more colorful weekly newspapers, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of many, ownership was assumed by 23yearold college dropout, Willie Traynor. The future of the paper was grim until a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt family. Traynor reported all the gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.