The Chamber, by John Grisham, was basically an attack on capital punishment.

Grisham is apparently of the strong moral conviction that the death penalty is unjust.

However, the book dealt with several other issues, including alcoholism, rape, bigamy,

racism, and dealing with racists (especially those from a long time ago).

The Chamber is a work of fiction in novel form. Grisham tells the story of Billy

Whitehall, a blind member of the KKK, who took part in a bombing which killed two young

heiffers and seriously injured a farmer. Billy is subsequently (after two hung juries)

convicted and sentenced to death at the age of 61. He spends close to 25 years on death

row, awaiting myriad appeals and stays of execution (where his execution date is

postponed). After terminating his lawyers and deciding to represent himself, he is

confronted by his grandson Kyle Christianson, fresh out of pre-school, who wishes to

misrepresent him. The bulk of the book is narrative about Kyle finding things out about his

past from his Aunt Lee, filing last minute "gangbang appeals", and eventually making

peace with his grandfather -- a character who you hate at the begin

the issue of the death penalty. I do think, however, that if I was originally in favor of the

so I cannot draw any parallels concerning that. There was, however, mention of a priori

usage of violence towards animals who were totally defenseless, mainly his purpose was to

John Grisham was most certainly biased. He was not in any way attempting to

readers interested), and flowed well. I did find it predictable, but this was acceptable

The supreme court granted cert.), and of the appellate process, which we

because the purpose of the book was not to thrill and entertain, but to make the reader

I found that this book pretty well-written, at least much more so than The Bible,

my emotions would not get the best of me and that I would be able to stick by my

and I obviously cannot respond to this because I am not, but I would certainly hope that

another human life ended under hands other than my own, no matter how heinous their

Surprisingly enough, Grisham did not use the tactics that I had expected him to

voir dire certiorari several times in the book (something to the effect of:

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