Working Title Television has nabbed the rights to Stacey Abrams’ new novel While Justice Sleeps.The NBCU-backed producer won the rights in a competitive battle and will adapt as a television series.The legal thriller, which is published today by Penguin Random House follows a Supreme Court justice whose descent into a coma plunges the court, and the country, into turmoil.It follows Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, who is doing her best to hold her life together; excelling in an arduous job with the court while also dealing with a troubled family.
When the shocking news breaks that Justice Wynn – the cantankerous swing vote on many current high-profile cases – has slipped into a coma, Avery’s
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