Carl Lee Hailey

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Carl Lee Hailey is a Black Mississippi father who becomes the central figure in John Grisham’s legal thriller "A Time to Kill" after he kills the men who brutally assaulted his young daughter, sparking a racially charged murder trial.

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Carl Lee Hailey canonical 5

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn 1996 film A Time to Kill ⓘ
linked to: A Time to Kill
appearsIn A Time to Kill ⓘ
authorNationalityContext American literature ⓘ
centralThemeRelation moral ambiguity of the law ⓘ
racial tension in the American South ⓘ
vigilante justice ⓘ
child Clorox Hailey ⓘ
Lester Hailey ⓘ
Tonya Hailey ⓘ
Willie Hailey ⓘ
communityContext racially segregated Mississippi town ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy John Grisham ⓘ
defenseAttorney Jake Brigance ⓘ
ethnicity Black ⓘ
familyRole father ⓘ
firstPublicationYearContext 1989 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreContext legal thriller ⓘ
involvedIn racially charged murder trial ⓘ
judgeInTrial Omar Noose ⓘ
kills Billy Ray Cobb ⓘ
James Louis Willard ⓘ
legalChargeInStory capital murder ⓘ
legalStatusInStory accused of murder ⓘ
acquitted ⓘ
literaryUniverse Ford County universe ⓘ
moralPerceptionByCommunity divisive figure ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to protect his family ⓘ
revenge for assault on his daughter ⓘ
narrativeRole defendant in murder trial ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
notableQuoteContext "Yes, they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!" ⓘ
occupation factory worker ⓘ
opposedBy prosecutor Rufus Buckley ⓘ
portrayedBy Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ
residence Canton, Mississippi ⓘ
Ford County, Mississippi ⓘ
riskInTrial death penalty ⓘ
settingPeriod 1980s ⓘ
spouse Gwen Hailey ⓘ
linked to: Gwen
supportFrom NAACP ⓘ
threatenedBy Ku Klux Klan ⓘ
trialLocation Ford County Courthouse ⓘ
victimOfCrimeInFamily Tonya Hailey ⓘ

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A Time to Kill → mainCharacter → Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ
A Time to Kill → characterPortrayed → Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ
A Time for Mercy → featuresCharacter → Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ
A Time to Kill → mainCharacter → Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ
subject linked to: A Time to Kill (novel)
Clanton, Mississippi → hasRecurringCharactersFrom → Carl Lee Hailey ⓘ