Roy Burgess. He was always a good kid until he shot Kevin Gardner in the head while going to a party. Roy explains that he felt horrible after shooting Kevin and ever since then
has had to deal with the prison life of older, more violent, men trying to take advantage of him. The second boy’s name is Mark Melvin. Unlike Roy, Mark was always causing trouble by disrespecting his family and moving in and out of juvenile. Mark and his older brother were stealing farm equipment when a couple caught them. Mark’s older brother convinced him that the only way to keep them from going to jail was to kill the couple.
Consequently, he shot the husband while his brother shot the wife. Mark’s brother completely blamed him for the murders. Mark was sentenced to death row and his brother only got 20 years in prison. He deals with his pain of being in prison by drawing and listening to music. The third person’s name is Nanon Williams. Nanon and his friends went to the park to make a cocaine drug deal. Nanon and his friend Vaal were both armed. Two others were also there but were not