Sandra Petrocelli, the prosecutor, wants the jury to be persuaded to having Steve Harmon charged as guilty for murder. She only believes based on her opinions and the facts then tries to persuade the jury.
Kathy O’Brien, the defense attorney, wants the jury to be persuaded to not have Steve Harmon be charged and arrested for murder. Basically she tries to help and defend Steve no matter what happens in the courtroom.
James King, the thug, doesn't want to go jail but at the end of the story he is in fact charged with murder and does go to jail 25 years to life.
The themes that are beginning to appear are: in the bad sides of New York there is a lot of violence and drugs; young kids are being blamed and mistaken for all problems and mishaps; and African Americans aren't always troublemakers and cause everything bad in life.
The book is structured as a movie script because Steve Harmon loved movies ever since being in the film workshop with Mr. Sawicki at Stuyvesant High School. At the beginning of the story he decided to write the entire journey he went through in movie script form.
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