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Like  ·  · Share  · Yesterday at 11:45am via Bitstrips  · Eugene Albao, Christopher Deinla and Deurgiene Saplaran like this. He also tries to reach Rikki Coleman through a blackmail of revealing her abortion to her husband. As the case continues, Fitch is approached by Marlee with a proposal to buy the verdict. However, as Fitch investigates Marlees past, he discovers that her parents have been killed by smoking and that Marlee was actually planning against the defense. However, he has already sent the $10 million, so he lost $10 million in addition to having lost the trial. Easter becomes jury foreman after the previous one became ill (an illness resulting from Nicolas and Marlee spiking his coffee) and convinces them to find for the plaintiff and make a large monetary award – $2 million for compensatory damages, and $400 million for punitive measures. The defense lawyers and their employers are devastated. Whilst Easter and Marlee are now rich through short-selling the tobacco companies stocks and satisfied that they served justice, Fitch realizes that his reputation has been destroyed and that the tobacco companies, once undefeatable, are now vulnerable to lawsuits. The book closes with Marlee returning the initial $10 million bribe to Fitch, having used it to make several times that much, and warning Fitch that she and Nicholas will always be watching. She explains that she had no intention to steal or lie, and that she cheated only because That was all your client understood. Wendall Rohr: A successful tort lawyer who sues big corporations. He tried the case in his home state of Mississippi. Durwood Cable: The main defense lawyer. Rival and sometimes friend of Wendall Rohr. Rankin Fitch: A consultant for the Big Four tobacco companies. Directed eight trials, engineered two mistrials. Known for using unethical schemes to win the trials. Nicolas Easter: The decisive juror of the trial. Real name is Jeff Kerr. Also had identifications of David Lancaster and Perry Hirsch; used to try to enter previous cases, but failed. Had two years of law school before he met Marlee. Marlee: The girlfriend and outside contact of Nicolas Easter. Real name is Gabrielle Brant. Parents died due to smoking. Has since meeting Jeff Kerr, schemed to follow and benefit from tobacco litigation. Frederick Harkin: The judge in the case Wood v. Pynex Loreen Duke: Black female juror. Divorced with two children. Voted for plaintiff. Angel Weese: Fellow black female juror. Boyfriend is Derrick Maples, who was bribed by Rohr to try to convince Angel to vote for plaintiff. Although this attempt was unsuccessful, she nevertheless voted for plaintiff. Lonnie Shaver: Black male juror. Manager of supermarket, later convinced by new employer to vote for defense. Employer was friend of one of the tobacco companies. Stella Hulic: Obnoxious white female social climber. Later got removed due to being followed by tobacco company. However, it was actually Marlee who phoned Stella and stated that the tobacco companies followed her. Frank Herrera: Retired white male colonel. Later removed for having unauthorized materials. Those materials were actually planted by Nicolas secretly to have Herrera, a pro-defense juror and very antagonistic to Nicolas, removed. Herman Grimes: The previous white blind male foreman. Very neutral, follows judges orders very devotedly. Removed due to a sudden illness on the final morning of the trial. This illness was secretly created by Nicolas through drugging Herman. The Runaway Jury is an intensely suspenseful legal thriller. Very intriguing story in such a way that the reader simply cant put the book down once they start reading it. I could feel my heart pounding as I read the last pages of the book. It tackles a lot of important points about cigarette smoking which make the story more interesting. Though this novel is set in a setting that is fairly similar to our own present time, the plot that it tells is able to turn the environment in which it is told into a very interesting and dynamic world. The characters found in this novel are also very unique and varied, and do a great job of progressing the story. For example, the main head of the plaintiff in the trial is a man that seems to always be in a casual, sometimes ridiculous suit, always making new friends and sporting a friendly and carefree demeanor, while the main leader of the defense in the trial is a man who is quite the opposite: prone to temper, ready to do any number of dark deeds to get what he wants and almost never showing his face to the public throughout the whole novel. The main character of the novel is Nicholas Easter. He is chosen as one of the jurors. While they were choosing the jury, they started to look around and find out information on the potential jurors. They don’t find out much about Nicholas. He and the mysterious woman know each other very well. It really amuses me that time when everyone seems to like Nicholas the most. Even though he isn’t chosen as their leader, the jurors treat him like he is. Also the judge has taken a liking to him. He went to college to become a lawyer, but he dropped out early. He uses the knowledge he gained there to understand what is going on in the courtroom and also to persuade the other jurors to do what he says. I can really feel the thrill over my body when Fitch digs into both of their pasts and almost finds out who they both are. Even though this story is fictional it will really make you feel as if you had experienced it before and makes me wonder what would I do if i were Nicholas’ situation . I can really relate the story with our present situations for it’s about power and its corruption. In the story power is achieved through wealth which can be used to influence or pay anyone off. Deception and betrayal are everywhere in this story, including the people who are supposed to fight for justice, which annoys me a little bit.