How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) Shmoop has numbered the chapters continuously, but the book renumbers them in each Part.
Quote #10
He did not know that he was party to a police conspiracy, that the evidence was hatched and perjured, that Jim Hall was guiltless of the crime charged. (25.11)
We get a new sense of innocence here, with a hardened murderous escape convict… who didn't commit the crime he was found guilty of. Besides making Jim Hall a much more interesting character, it also pushes the notion, again, that innocence is more than just being young and foolish.