Characters in A Time to Kill

Jake Brigance

Young defense attorney in Clanton, Mississippi.

Also in Sycamore Row, A Time for Mercy

Carl Lee Hailey

Father on trial for killing his daughter's attackers.

Tonya Hailey

Carl Lee Hailey's ten-year-old daughter, whose rape sets off the novel's trial.

Ozzie Walls

The Black sheriff of Ford County, sympathetic to Carl Lee's case.

Rufus Buckley

The ambitious district attorney prosecuting Carl Lee Hailey.

Ellen Roark

A law student who assists Jake on Carl Lee's defense.

Harry Rex Vonner

Also in Sycamore Row

James Willard

Judge Omar Noose

Ethel Twitty

Freddy Cobb

Stump Sisson

Mickey Mouse (A Time to Kill)

Ollie Agee

Mack Loyd Crowell

Bo Marsharfsky

Dr. W.T. Bass

Clyde Sisco

DeWayne Looney

Dr. Wilbert Rodeheaver

Wanda Womack