Author and lawyer Bryan Stevenson recalls once hearing, as a young intern, that “capital punishment” translates to “them without the capital get the punishment.” Explore this statement as it pertains to the excerpt and to the opening scenes of Walter Dean Myers’s Monster. What are some of the effects of punishment and incarceration on the characters in the novel? Consider this along with some of the factors and circumstances that might influence how the trial could play out. Refer to specific examples or details from both texts as support.