"Since Lucien Wilbanks was one of the least popular men in Clanton, I included him in the fray. Using the phone, which I was quickly learning was a great equalizer, I called his office four times before he called me back. At first he had no comments abo9ut his client or the charges, but when I persisted with questions about his treatment at the jail he erupted. "I don't run the damned jail, son!" he growled, adn I could almost see his red eyes glowing at me. I quoted him on that.
"Have you interviewed your client at the jail?" I asked.
"Of course."
"What was he wearing?"
"Don't you have better things to report?"
"No sir. What was he wearing?"
"Well, he wasn't naked."
That was too good a quote to pass up, so I put it in bold print in a side bar."
- The Last Juror, John Grisham
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