David Lucero’s Reviews > A Time for Mercy > Status Update

Jake digs deeper into a case that isolates him from the community he and his family lives. But his sense of duty is what compels him to fight for justice.

Jake creates animosity with local townsfolk when he gets Judge Noose to agree with a child psychiatrist to have Drew transferred to a hospital for proper care. But at this stage of the game, he doesn't care.

Jake Brigance is back and faces a moral dilemma as important as the one he faced when defending Carl Lee Hailey. But with his wife, Carla, skeptical about looking over her shoulder and the constant harassing calls, will Jake stay the course or dump the case?