I went to visit a friend. We spent hours drinking coffee

aisle, the defense paints a different boy and a different moment.

They describe a scared 17-year-old, cornered and overwhelmed, reacting in panic as tempers flared and

bodies collided. They remind jurors that Texas will treat him as a man, though he still sits hunched like a

student in detention. Outside, the track sits empty, lanes fading in the sun,continue reading …