The Last Juror - Characters in The Last Juror

Characters in The Last Juror

• Joyner William "Willie" Traynor - the main protagonist and editor of the local newspaper, The Times.
• Calia "Miss Callie" Harris Ruffin - a black woman with eight children, seven of whom have Ph.Ds. She is selected for jury duty at the Padgitt trial.
• Baggy Suggs - an alcoholic reporter for The Times.
• Wiley Meek - photographer for The Times.
• Danny Padgitt - a member of the notorious Padgitt family. He rapes and murders Rhoda Kassellaw but is given parole after only nine years in prison.
• Lucien Wilbanks - defense lawyer for Danny Padgitt.
• Harry Rex Vonner - a lawyer who befriends Willie, helping him with various legal and moral issues throughout the novel.
• Sam Ruffin - eighth child of Calia Ruffin. He had an affair with a married white woman and is afraid to return to Clanton.
• Rhoda Kassellaw - the victim of Danny Padgitt.
• Judge Loopus - the judge at the Padgitt trial.
• Ernie Gaddis - prosecution lawyer at the Padgitt trial
• Hank Hooten - another lawyer at the Padgitt trial. He is rumoured to have had a relationship with Rhoda Kassellaw before her death. He later goes insane, killing two jurors and Danny Padgitt.