The book "The Juror" was based in the 1970s, in a small town in Mississippi called Clanton (now, even though it was the 70s, segregation was still quite significant in Mississippi). The book begins by telling about the main character, Willie Traynor. Willie went to college and during his senior year he dropped out. So he went to his grandmother who gave him the money to buy the newspaper in a small 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 an average widow, she had two children and almost always remained alone. Danny Padgett, on the other hand, was a wealthy man. Danny lived with his parents on a mountaintop on Padgett Island, off the coast of Mississippi. His family was very rich and very powerful. They were like the Italian Mafia in Mississippi, into bootlegging, 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 "that's Danny Padgett" and then died. With the rape and death of Rhoda Kassellaw, Willie saw this as a great opportunity to finally make something of local life. newspaper. So he covered the story. He even took photos of the crime scene and published them on the front page of the newspaper, which at the time wasn't something people did, but Willie didn't care. In addition to covering Rhoda's rape and death, Willie also wrote a once-weekly article about a local person. While writing these articles, Willie decided that he wanted to go to the other side of town, where the black people live, and write an article about Mrs. Callie Ruffin. Mrs. Callie has nine children, all adults. Eight of them are lawyers, the other, Sam, whom she never sees because he left town because he was with a white woman and was never to return. After writing about Mrs. Callie, Willie decides to get closer to her. . Eventually, they become best friends. He takes her to the movies, to dinner, always to a black restaurant, so she never feels embarrassed, and even manages to take Sam out on the town at night so she can see him..