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In the novel A time to kill, we witness the heroic actions of Jake Brignance, a young male lawyer who takes the chance of defending a black male who turns a rape case into a murder case. Jake is faced with burning crosses at his door, and numerous occurrences of captivated people telling him not to continue with the case. Jake is not in agreement with the inhumane actions of the two white males who raped a young black girl, but as a result his biggest chance to prove himself as a lawyer strikes him. For weeks, he struggles to save his clients life…and then his own. Billy Bob was one of the two men who raped an unfortunate young girl, along with the aid of a secondary man named Willard. Together they kidnapped the ten-year-old girl and raped her numerous times for their own enjoyment and pleasure. They persisted to harm her as they were both extremely intoxicated, and unaware of how damaging their actions were. "He lowered his pants; she turned to the left and closed her eyes. He was hurting her again…" A girl so young and in addition, quite fragile, was used as a toy for the amusement of two pitiful and disgusting men. Every movement and every action they decide to pursue shattered her life