We are introduced to the author of the book, Bryan Stevenson who is a member of the bar in two states Alabama and Georgia. He then receives a call from the local Judge Robert E. Lee about a case which involves a man called Walter McMillian’s. He knew that he could have gotten into great danger but he decides to do the right thing and confront the case. In the county of Monroe an eighteen-year-old woman is brutally murdered. The murder took everyone by surprise and even after a few days of investigating no one could find concrete evidence to point out who was the killer.
After spending the last 18 years of his life behind bars, Anthony Graves left prison as a free man. Graves was convicted of assisting Robert Earl Carter in the murder of Bobbie Davis and five others in Burleson County. There were no physical evidence that linked Graves to the murder and eyewitnesses confirmed his alibi at the time of the killing. But, Carter pointed out that Graves was the killer, and his testimony alone led to Graves being convicted of the slayings and was later sentenced to death. Graves’ life was spared when the case’s lead prosecutor, District Attorney Charles Sebesta, shed light to Carter’s previous confession admitting that he alone was the murderer.
Luis is killed by the head trauma by the blackjack causing a brain aneurysm to burst, killing him. Paul is upset over the loss of a friend but his guilt for not saying anything about him getting him is the worst for him. This all goes to show that the choices that Erik made effects Paul greatly. 4444 The final choice that Erik made, that impacted Paul was when Erik slapped Pauls's friend, Tino across the face.
Erik is to stay inside, not on the lawn but inside. Dad nods glumly. “Arthur is under arrest for killing Luis.” Joey pulls up on his bike and Paul says, “But Erik did it too!” I thought in my head this
So, Luis, his brother, tried to get revenge for him.
In the story, their choices affect Paul by causing him to have low self esteem, fearing his brother and feeling isolated. A choice made by Paul’s mom drops Paul’s confidence very rapidly. Her reluctance to be strict with her eldest son cause Paul to not be assertive enough. Throughout the novel, readers can point out that Paul is very similar to prey, while Erik acts like the hungry predator. In the novel, the author wrote,” Forget it dad, forget it mom, someone has to pay for this...
“Luis had been killed by Arthur Bauer on Tuesday, but it had taken six days for him to die.” (247) Erik made this choice because Luis made fun of him. “You would smack a little kid in the face, right? Why don't you come over here and smack me?” (211) “I remained frozen in my spot as he got back in the Ford and drove off.”
Luis and Paul became pretty close friends. A week after the hit, Luis died. At another kids ceremony Tino came to beat up Erik. Paul then jumped on a teacher to hold him back and then he had to move to a different school. In the novel, “Tangerine” by Edward Bloor, the decisions
While waiting for Nathan in the other room, Erik heard the murder happen. He was shocked and did not have time to react or stop it. After the murder, Erik and a friend Brett helped Nathan clean up the crime scene. Now what got Erik life in prison, was the “confession” of Brett. Claiming that Erik also helped with the murder, he was then arrested on murder charges also.
He was aware that Lupito murdered the sheriff, but he also understood that, in his religion, killing someone was an unpunished sin. Another central theme of the book is Antonio's quest to discover who he is. His mother wants him to become a priest, and his father wants him to live the vaquero
(211). Arthur, under Erik’s commands, struck Luis with a blackjack on his head when unfortunately, he had an aneurysm in the same spot which burst after he got hit by the blackjack in the head, causing him to die a few days later. This furthermore affected Paul since he risked himself in trouble for helping Tino and Victor get away for attacking Erik due to his own attack on Luis, which caused Paul to get suspended out of all Tangerine County schools for the rest of his semester, kicking him out of the Tangerine Middle soccer
Even though the sinkhole was an awful event Paul still managed to be courageous and help. Luis shows courage by showing up at Eric’s practice to defend his younger brother. As an
Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes was the most known man in France because of the brutal murder of his wife and four children in France in April 2011. Despite Xavier still being looked for it is still unknown until this day whether he could still be alive or dead. If he was ever found Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes should be prosecuted for the murder of his family because there is strong evidence and there are signs of premeditation. There has to beginning of where everything started to come out and show were everything started going wrong. Xavier was a man with a lot of different problems but the one that caused the most problems and the start of everything was the debt that he was drowning in.
In the eyes of Captain Vidal, this is a sign of disloyalty and ultimately disobedience. As such, Captain Vidal takes the most extreme of measures and ends up shooting the doctors, as doctor Ferreiro both literally and figuratively turns his back on Captain Vidal. Mercedes brother, Pedro, is part of the rebel group hiding in the woods. After a skirmish with Captain Vidal and his soldiers, Pedro is captured and ultimately killed. This is yet another example of the consequences of defying Captain Vidal and the actions that make him
