When Steve's father goes to see him in jail, it's painfully obvious that the old man doesn't believe in his innocence. He doesn't come right out and tell Steve he thinks he's guilty; he just says that everything will be fine. But he doesn't explicitly say that he thinks Steve is innocent, either, and Steve picks up on that straight away.
After Mr. Harmon leaves, Steve reflects upon the uncomfortable fact that his father no longer looks at him in quite the same way. Instead of seeing Steve as his son, Mr. Harmon sees him as a monster, just like most of the people following his case. What really worries Steve is that his father, like the jury, finds it impossible to distinguish him from his co-defendants and that he sees him as just one of a number of "bad guys" taking the stand.
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