Unlike many children, Betty Anne Watters and her brother Kenneth Waters did not have a carefree and happy childhood. They had a neglectful mother and were moved from one foster family to another. They learned to lean on each other and developed a strong relationship. Kenny grew up to become a well-known troublemaker to the police. In 1982, he was arrested and convicted of murder. Kenny has a troubled past and his violent behavior when drunk worsened his case in front of the judges. Everyone knew him for his aggressive and impulsive character. Despite witness testimony and blood evidence, Kenny swore his innocence. Kenny's conviction sparked Betty Anne's fight to save him. Her strong belief in her older brother's innocence pushed this working-class mother to return to school. She understood that if she became a lawyer, she could free her brother. Not only did the verdict change Kenny's life, but it also affected Betty Anne. She started by earning a high school diploma and studied for over a decade to earn her law degree. Betty Anne lost her husband along the way. Fortunately, she made a friend, Abra, who will help her throughout her quest. When Betty Anne heard about the possibility of using DNA as a way to prove the innocence of prisoners, she was sure she had found her brother's front door. Betty Anne finally got help from Barry Scheck. Scheck is an attorney who runs an organization that helps overturn wrongful convictions using DNA testing. Once again, Betty Anne had to fight the legal system to obtain the blood evidence that she was initially told would be destroyed. The blood evidence was found and the DNA test proved Kenny's innocence but the judge asked for more evidence. There were two more testimonies alleging that Kenn...... middle of paper...... the prosecutor questions the witnesses and tries to convince the jury that there is no doubt that Kenneth Waters committed the crime. During the testimony of one of the witnesses, the judge applied the rule of evidence by asking the prosecutor to rephrase a question. The text specifies that “the law of evidence determines what questions a lawyer can ask and how the questions must be formulated, what answers a witness can give and what documents can be produced” (64). In this scene we see an example of an adversary system. The two lawyers take turns taking the stand to question the witnesses. Finally, the jury announces the verdict finding Kenneth Waters guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery. Works Cited Beatty, Jeffrey F., Susan S. Samuelson, and Jeffrey F. Beatty. Business law and legal environment. Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western/West, 2004. Print.