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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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