The Sweet Hereafter

Mitchell Stephens would like to use Nichole’s testimony to show the jury how her life has changed for the worse because of the accident. Before her injury, Nichole was a beautiful eighth grader, a smart girl who had been voted the Harvest Queen. After the accident, Nichole confines herself to her room at home and refuses to go to her classroom, doing all of her schoolwork from home and avoiding old friends.