Donté Drumm

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Donté Drumm is a fictional young man on death row in John Grisham’s legal thriller "The Confession," whose wrongful conviction drives the novel’s exploration of justice and capital punishment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
accusedCrimeLocation small town in Texas
ageGroup young adult
appearsIn The Confession NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme flaws in the death penalty system
miscarriage of justice
racial injustice
wrongful conviction
centralThemeOf critique of capital punishment
exploration of justice
convictedOf murder
countryOfWorkOrigin United States NERFINISHED
creator John Grisham NERFINISHED
drivesPlot appeals process and execution timeline
featuredIn American legal fiction
firstAppearance The Confession NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 2010
gender male
genreContext legal thriller
hasEthnicBackground African American (fictional)
hasLegalRepresentationBy defense attorneys in The Confession
imprisonedIn death row
keyRelationship victim of systemic injustice
languageOfWork English
legalStatus wrongfully convicted
medium novel
narrativePerspectiveOn capital punishment debate
narrativeRole death row inmate
wrongfully convicted prisoner
nationality American (fictional)
occupation high school football player
position star football player
publisherOfWork Doubleday NERFINISHED
sentence death penalty
setting Texas NERFINISHED
sport American football
storyFunction catalyst for legal and moral conflict
symbolizes failures of the criminal justice system
victims of wrongful execution

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The Confession mainCharacter Donté Drumm