“They’ll say it was a runaway verdict from a runaway jury, and they’ll fix it. The system works most of the time.” pg. 526

This plainly shows the theme of corruption throughout the novel in a rather ironic way. Easter feins that he actually trusts the system and believes in justice. Obviously, he doesn’t. In fact, he’s actively trying to destroy the system. This also shows the fact that Easter may really believe the jury is corrupt. And he wants to deliver a corrupted verdict.

This also reveals that Easter already knows that the system is going to fix whatever he does. He really doesn’t care about the verdict. He’s in this for the money and to help Marlee.