Part IV, Chapter 14, Willie, Counsel for the Defense Summary and Analysis

Willie was released on his twenty-first birthday on December 9th, 1983. He quickly met a girl, Sharon Hayward. They started to date and got along well. Sharon popped the question and Laura gave Willie a ring to give her. When they were married, Willie was happy; the doom in his life seemed to lift.

At that time, Laura stopped living with Charles as Charles had become interested in Willie's sister, Cheryl. One day Willie caught Charles beating Cheryl and secretly turned him in. A few weeks later, Willie was tricked into an arrest by the police due to a false charge by an elderly man living above Cheryl for attempted robbery.

Willie fared poorly. When the police messed with him due to his reputation, he resisted. They beat...