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Steve Harmon Is Not Guilty In Monster By Walter Dean Meyers

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When on trial for a serious crime or felony, there are multiple things at stake; the person’s life, reputation, freedom, and, possibly, his or her own morality. If that person is found guilty, then they will receive a selected amount of time in jail or prison. However, if found not guilty than all charges will be dropped. It is quite clear that if someone’s life of freedom was at risk, then that person would do anything to convince the jury that he or she is not guilty. They possibly even lie under oath. Steve Harmon is one who had done this in order to get his life back. The book Monster by Walter Dean Meyers ends with this young man found not guilty; even though he had been involved in a theft that ended up becoming a murder. Though finding him not guilty was the wrong conclusion, and that is not what Steve Harmon should have received, there was too much of a reasonable doubt to find him guilty. …show more content…

Take the flashback scene found on pages 149-151. It shows Steve having a conversation with James King about the robbery. Here in this scene King is trying to convince Steve into helping with the robbery. However, from pages 223-234, he never mentions that he and King have this conversation even though he promised to testify the truth about his relationship with King. Although this example doesn’t provide enough evidence to Steve being guilty, it does show he was perjuring. If one of the other persons testified against Steve and told the judge that he had talked to King and could somehow provide enough proof, he could be found guilty of perjury. But that’s beside the

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I believe that Steve Harmon is innocent. There are many reasons to believe this. For one “bobo” Evans placed him at the crime scene but Mr. Evans and Mr. King according to Mr. Evans testimony were on drugs. So Steve Harmon could have just happened to be their. Since both Mr. Evans and Mr. King were on drugs i don’t believe that their statements are valid.

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To give to you the testimony of a woman who has no reason to lie and is saying he wasn’t there. And finally to prove he had absolutely no connection to the crime at all. First of, all of the people who testify against steve are all criminals with heavy jail time to do. The only way out for them is to accuse someone else and put them in jail instead. Bobo, when confronted with this, says: “What you saying?

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Therefore, they could be lying in order to not be in more trouble. The witnesses, then, cannot be trusted. The witnesses are not trustworthy because they are in fear. They could be lying to get out of

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Steve Harmons actions depicted his characteristics and we can, therefore, conclude that Steve Harmon is a liar as he lied under oath. Steve was also a guilt-ridden man ashamed of his actions. People who disagree may claim that Steve was undoubtedly innocent as Lorelle Henry, a witness, declared that there were only 2 people, proven to be James King and Bobo Evans, inside the store who eventually murdered Mr.Nesbitt. This may be a strong argument because it shows that Steve was not in the drugstore and could be really innocent. On the contrary, however, Steve’s job was just supposed to be a lookout and ensure that the drugstore was clear of cops or anyone inside.

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He depends on others to bring clarity to his mind, such as saying, “What did I do?”. After the session at court was finished, Steve was insecure about what Ms. O’Brien, his lawyer, thinks of him. He writes an entry about it: “Who was Steve Harmon? I wanted to open my shirt and tell her to look into my heart to see who I was, who the real Steve Harmon”(92). During the trial, Ms. O’Brien stays distant from him.

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“Don 't be afraid of losing people. Be afraid of losing yourself by trying to please everyone around you. "~ Lewis Howes. In the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers, we are introduced to Steve Harmon, a sixteen-year-old dark-skinned boy who is the narrator of the book.

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