The book "The Last Juror" is set around the 1970s, in a small town in Mississippi called Clanton, (now, even though it was the 1970s, segregation was still quite widespread in Mississippi) The book begins by telling about the main character, Willie Traynor. Willie went to college and dropped out in his senior year. So he went to his grandmother who gave him money to buy the newspaper in a little town called Clanton, Mississippi, that he had always wanted to buy. So, after getting the money, Willie moves to Clanton and buys the newspaper. Rhoda Kassellaw and Danny Padgett also lived in the town of Clanton. Rhoda Kassellaw was the typical widow, she had two children and practically always kept to herself. Danny Padgett, on the other hand, was a rich man. Danny lived with his parents on top of a mountain on Padgett Island off the coast of Mississippi. His family was very rich and very powerful. They were like the Mississippi Italian Mafia, in smuggling, drugs, etc. One night Danny Padgett broke into Rhoda Kassellaw's house and raped her in front of her children. After being raped, Rhoda ran across the street to her neighbors and when they came out she said "it's Danny Padgett" and then died. With the rape and death of Rhoda Kassellaw underway, Willie saw this as a great opportunity to finally create something local. newspaper. Then he took cover of the story. He also took photos of the crime scene and published them on the front page of the newspaper, which wasn't something people did at the time, but Willie didn't care. In addition to covering Rhoda's rape and death, Willie also wrote a one-time... week-long article about a town person. While writing these articles Willie decided he wanted to go to the other side of town, where the blacks live, and write an article about Mrs. Callie Ruffin. Mrs. Callie has nine children, all grown. Eight of them are lawyers, the other, Sam, she never sees because he ran away from town because he was with a white woman, and would never return. After writing about Mrs. Callie, Willie decides to get closer to her. . In the end we will be best friends. He takes her out to the movies, to dinner, always to a black restaurant, so she never feels uncomfortable, and even manages to sneak Sam into town at night so she can see him..