Jury selection for murder trial began. Willie and many of the townspeople have crowded into the courtroom to watch. Willie and Baggy had front row seats. The potential jurors were led into the courtroom. Willie noticed Callie looking around for him but there were too many people between them. The District Attorney, in his statement, reminded the courtroom that jury tampering is a crime. At the lunch break, Willie joined Baggy and his lawyer cohorts upstairs in the Bar Room for lunch. The prevailing opinion was that the defense would not challenge Callie's appointment to the jury, because it was assumed that blacks were more sympathetic.....
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