Rufus Buckley

"You know they would be sentenced and being free after ten years. So mister Hayley do you think should wr free a rapist after ten years. Should we free a murderer after ten years. Look at Carl Lee Hayley So do you think they deserve to die."

Rufus Buckley is the main antagonist of A Time to kill. He's a District Attorney who investigated the Case of Carl Lee Hayley,he's against Brigance for the case, he was fear to loose the case if some jury members was african-american but was happy when he seeing they we're all white. He not wanted to hear people talking about the rape but only intersted in the murder of two white males, everytime he tries to put Jake Brigance down during the case, and try to convince  the jury the convicted murderer Carl Lee Hayley is guilty.

When he asking Carl about the sentence the two victims can have if they still alive is ten years of prison and being free after, but he 's also try to provoke Carl for answering if he think they we're deserving to died Carl shouted 'Yes they deserve to died and burned to hell' that's made the crowds shouted  because Buckley have what he wanted him to say for win the case.

In the closing argument Buckley tries one last time  to conviced the jury members to put Carl on death row, but when he see Brigance saying to the jury members to close their eyes for the story of a raped little girl and see him said to them to imaginate if she's was white that's made the jury members see the ligth and  Buckley loose the case, but after the trial Buckley congrats Brigance for winning the case.