All My Sons - Victim Impact Statement - George Deever

Your Honor,

I had visited my father in jail some time ago and was brought into light about the truth of the incident with the faulty cylinders. This discovery has had a massive impact on me and robbed me of my peace of mind. My guilt for neglecting my own father and believing in the innocence of that murderer will not allow me to rest. I will never forgive myself for denying my father the chance to explain himself for the past three years.

In my opinion, it is not just Joe Keller that needs to be brought to justice, but the entire Keller family. Kate Keller committed a crime by lying to the court and providing her husband with a false alibi, thus shielding him from the repercussions of his actions. As a result of their lies, my father has had to rot in prison for the last three years, believing that his own children hated him.

Since the incident, my family has lost everything. After my father was arrested, we were forced to leave the home that we grew up in, and move to a new city without a single familiar face. Everyone that we believed had our backs, turned on us in our time of need. Our family was left in isolation and became weak - both mentally and physically. My mother cannot bear to leave the house most days as she cannot face anybody. My sister, Ann, lost the love of her life due to Joe Kellers actions and I cannot even recognize myself. I am not the man that I used to be. I do not see the world in the same way as before. Everything seems so much darker now, less optimistic. I don't know who I can trust anymore. For three years, I believed that my father was guilty and Joe Keller was the innocent one because thats what his son and my most trusted friend, Chris, believed. Chris was the most honest and ethical person I knew - or so I thought.

It is quite difficult to explain how my life was affected by this event. After my father was convicted, nothing