Five percent of U.S citizens have been wrongfully convicted. The book “Monster” written by Walter Dean Myers is about Steve who is on trail for a murder that he didn’t commit.There is agreeance with the jury that Steve isn’t guilty because there is a lack of evidence of his involvement and it is inferred that Steve doesn’t have a criminal record. To begin with, there was a lack of evidence of Steve’s involvement. The author wrote “one of the men arguing she points to King”(Myers 114). This proves the thesis because Mrs Henry only pointed out King.In the final analysis, there is more evidence in the next paragraph. Furthermore, Steve doesn’t have a criminal record. The author wrote “You innocent … Yes”(Myers 61). This proves the thesis because