If you were part of Cole’s Justice Circle, what kinds of information would affect your decision-making?
The first thing I would look at is the crime that was committed and if was very serious my opinion would be slightly leaning towards guilty, if it were a smaller crime then I would have more reason to listen and help the boy. I would then look at the boys background and from that I can determine maybe why he chose to do some of the things he did. For example in Cole's case he has a harsh background with his Dad beating him and his mother being an alcoholic. Having that information I would have more sympathy for him and be more angry with the parents. I would then look for the reason he was doing it and based on that I could assess the situation. If he was very helpful and nice and was able to explain then things would work out better for him but if he was aggressive and rude then I would not feel like helping him. Some things that Cole has said to make him seem selfish and guilty is that he expressed he would have never beat that boy up if he hadn't snitched and Cole expressed how he believed it was they boys fault. Another example and I believe the most important part of the book is when Cole says he does not care what people think of him and he does not care about others.
From all we have herd about Cole the one thing I would need to see from him before I would be able to let him be free is empathy. Cole has a problem right now being he only cares about himself. It could be because of his parents or something in the past but the main thing I think Cole needs to learn is empathy. Once he has learned empathy I believe that Cole would be a much better and helpful individual and live a great life.
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