If you consider him innocent now, and by law you must, if you have not prejudged him, then I don’t believe we will have a problem convincing you that nothing the State will produce will challenge that innocence. Suggested Age on Common Sense Media: 13+ This New York Times bestselling novel from acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers tells the story of Steve Harmon. Harmon’s attorney all I ask of you, the jury, is that you look at Steve Harmon now and remember that at this moment the American system of justice demands that you consider him innocent. We will show not only that there is room for reasonable doubt–and you will hear more about that idea at the end of the trial–but that the doubt that Steve Harmon has committed any crime, any crime at all, is overwhelming. He is sixteen years old, lives in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, and he is a student at Stuyvesant High School in downtown Manhattan. In this case we will show that the evidence that the State will produce is seriously flawed. Monster by Walter Dean Myers Buy Study Guide Monster Character List Steve Harmon Steve Harmon is the novel's main character. The law that protects society protects all of society. We don’t drag people out of their beds in the middle of the night and lynch them. “But the laws also protect the accused, and that is the wonder and beauty of the American system of justice.
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