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Cruelty In The Jail.
Making Choices
Life is unfair
"What did i do? What did i do? Anybody can walk into a drugstore and look around. Is that what i'm on trial for? I didn't do nothing!" Pg. 115
Accidents happen, and some accidents might get you in trouble, just what happened to Steve.
"Miss O'Brien said the judge could sentence me to 25 years to life. If he did, i would have to serve at least 21 years and 3 months." Pg. 90
Steve could of gotten 25 years of prison for doing something he didn't even commit! Be in the wrong place and the wrong time, and you might face consequences for it.
He made a choice to tell the truth and use the advice from his lawyer to make the trial easier.
There is no evidence of Steve having any participation in the robbery. This is very unfair, because he is wasting his life away in jail.
Steve Harmon: a black 16-year-old young man who is on trial for felony murder in New York City.
Kathy O’Brien: Steve Harmon’s defense attorney. (She doesn't know if he is guilty or innocent but she still tries her best to plead him innocent.)
Sandra Petrocelli: Assistant District Attorney. She prosecutes Steve and James King, labeling them "monsters" before the jury.
James King: the defendant who encouraged Steve to join the robbery. He is responsible for the death of the store owner, Mr. Nesbitt.
Richard "Bobo" Evans: the defendant who planned the robbery. The prosecution uses his testimony in an effort to put King and Steve in jail.
Asa Briggs: the defense attorney for James King. He has blue eyes and white hair.
The Judge: a 60-year-old man. He is tall and thin with white hair.
Osvaldo Cruz: a 14-year-old boy. He is slim and well-built. He has a tattoo of a devil's head on his left forearm and one of a dagger on the back of his right hand between his thumb and forefinger. He is in a gang, The Diablos.
José Delgado: the drugstore clerk. He is young, well built, and very articulate.
Sal Zinzi: a nervous man, slightly overweight, who sells stolen goods. He wears thick glasses.
Detective Karyl: a lazy, fat man responsible for questioning Steven Harmon. His partner is Detective Williams.
Mr. Alguinaldo Nesbitt: the drugstore owner who was shot and killed in the robbery.
Mr. George Sawicki: Steve's school film club mentor.
'"Wendell Bolden"': a boy in jail for Breaking and Entering and Intent to sell and possession of drugs, called to stand for additional information about Steve and other witnesses.
Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Milton Myers, August 12, 1937, Martinsburg, West Virginia) is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times. One of his novels, Fallen Angels, has made the American Library Association's list of frequently challenged books, due to adult language and its realistic depiction of the Vietnam War. He currently sits on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators (SCBWI)
P.S. Mrs. Owens, I need a good grade!!