A Time to Kill
John Grisham’s A Time to Kill, is a movie about the court case of a man who took the law into his own hands. Although the book does make an admirable effort to correctly portray the legal system, it does fall short in some aspects. Hollywood is notorious for romanticizing the legal system and this movie was no different. The movie takes place in rural Mississippi, where Carl Lee Hailey’s daughter Tonya, is raped and beaten by two white men at the beginning of the movie. Fearing that justice want be properly served, Carl Lee takes the law into his own hands and kills the two suspects on their way to their arraignment. The movie fails to show a judge issuing any warrants; it just skips to the sheriffs coming to Carl Lee’s house to arrest him. Most law enforcement officials would take some caution in attempting to arrest a man who just committed two brutal murders, but the sheriff calmly knocks on the door and takes him away. Carl Lee is never informed of his Miranda rights, which is unconstitutional. The next step in the criminal process is a hearing by a grand jury. This is when a panel decides if there is indeed sufficient evidence to try the case. Although there was without doubt sufficient ev
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Approximate Word count = 1624
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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