Chapter 28 Summary

Filming of the movie Glory begins with actors and actresses dressed in time period clothing milling around outside of Mercer House. Williams has agreed with the producer on a fee of $25,000 to use his home, which has been decorated to look like a 19th century mansion.

Sonny finally obtains a fourth trial for Williams about two years following the mistrial, and convinces the superior court to choose the jury from another location. The town selected is Augusta, Georgia, which is much further inland than Savannah and can provide a jury that has never heard of Williams' previous cases. In front of the jury, Sonny points out the inconsistencies between the testimonies given by Lawton's witnesses. He claims Danny's hands had not been bagged, Dr. Larry Howard had given very different testimonies, and state crime lab officials had deliberately hidden results from previous juries...