Chapter 14 Summary

On their last night of freedom, Easter meets Jerry and Sylvia (the Poodle) for a drink at a casino. While Jerry watches a football game, Easter tries to get to know Sylvia a little better, learning about her two failed marriages and twin boys. He tries to make small talk about the trial, but Sylvia seems disinterested.

After the announcement of the sequestration, Mrs. Grimes places an angry phone call to Judge Harkin. How will Herman go in a strange place on his own? She manages to convince Harkin to let her stay with Herman, on the conditions that she not attend the trial and not have contact with the other jurors.

The night before sequestration, Lonnie Shaver is busy trying to finish a week's work in one night. He speaks to George Teaton in Charlotte, explaining that he was to meet with...