Chapter 15 Summary

Using just the right pressure through the right corporate bodies, Fitch managed to secure the medical records for seven of the twelve jurors. At present he does not have Easter's, for obvious reasons, Grimes is blind and has nothing to hide, Shaver has not been to the doctor in over 20 years, Sylvia the Poodle's doctor died years ago and Savelle is new. However, in a lucky break, Fitch uncovers some interesting information on the saintly Rikki Coleman - she had had an abortion not long before meeting her husband. Fitch wonders if he knows.

The disgruntled jurors make the trip to the Siesta Inn in Pass Christian, the place they are to call home for the duration of the trial. Each have a room - no phone or television allowed - and also have access to a dining room and a room they...