Ben Price, the officer who has come to arrest Jimmy Valentine, pretends not to recognize him. By choosing to let Jimmy go, Price seems to believe that Jimmy has finally changed his ways. How does he come to this conclusion? Imagine that you are Ben Price acting as a witness for Jimmy’s defense in a courtroom. From Price’s point of view, present evidence that proves Jimmy has been reformed. In your journal, write an argument using at least three examples from the text.

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