Road Song

In this chapter, we learn that the state of Maryland owes the family a debt for the false imprisonment of Mr. Yates. Mr. Mcbride, Yates's lawyer, asks the judge to sentence Yates to life in prison without possibility of parole. Yates asks that the sentence be lenient because he has lost his sight and because he does not have much time left to live. The lawyer tells the judge that he has just received a report from a state physician that Yates has not had a brain tumor, but rather a cluster of headaches caused by a misreading of his medical history. Yates is