Chapter 3, Wednesday, July 8th Summary

This chapter starts with another hand-printed entry into the notebook. Steve describes how he feels while in the courtroom and in the jail cell. Steve lets another inmate, Sunset, read the screenplay, and Sunset likes both the play and the title. A preacher comes to visit the inmates, and Steve describes an exchange that causes the guards to remove the preacher. Steve has a dream about being unheard and unseen in the courtroom.

The screenplay portion starts with small talk among the court officers, the judge, and Steve's attorney. The prosecuting attorney turns the conversation to business. The first witness is Detective Karyl, who investigated the crime scene. The screenplay scene changes to a flashback of Karyl investigating, then to a series of photos taken at the crime scene. More details of the investigation are revealed. Karyl...