Ellen Roark Research Paper

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A time to kill is exactly what Carl Lee Hailey was thinking when he murdered the two men and is the reason why he put Jake Brigance in a horrible position. If Carl Lee hadn’t planned out the murders of Billy Ray Cobb and Billy’s friend Willard step by step other people such as a girl who attended Ole Miss, a klu klux klan member, and the sheriff of Clanton wouldn’t be in such a tough position. The girl who attended Ole Miss was Ellen Roark who was looking to help out in one of the biggest cases ever in Clanton. Ellen Roark was second in her class at Ole Miss and was bored with her classes so she ventured to Clanton, Mississippi, in search of a trial to test her outstanding research skills. Ellen’s research skills played a huge part in the