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In
1970, one of Mississippi's more colourful weekly newspapers, The
Ford County Times, went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of
many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college drop-out,
named Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until
a young mother was brutally raped and murdered by a member of
the notorious Padgitt family. Willie Traynor reported all the
gruesome details, and his newspaper began to prosper.
The murderer, Danny Padgitt, was tried before a packed courtroom
in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and
dramatic end when the defendant threatened revenge against the
jurors if they convicted him. Nevertheless, they found him
guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison. But in
Mississippi in 1970, 'life' didn't necessarily mean 'life', and
nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself paroled.
He returned to Ford County, and the retribution began.
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