So here is one of my thoughts. Remember, this is coming from perhaps the only courtroom participant who listens to every word but never speaks, only hears the stories that unfold. Try not to judge or immediately feel angered. Walk in just one of these young men’s shoes at age 19. Try to remember what it felt like trying to be who you should be, just striving to find your way. I can’t tell you the countless number of times a young man sat in the defendant’s chair.... MORE