In all my years at shawshank, there have been less than ten men whom i believed when they told me they were innocent. andy dufresne was one of them, although i only became convinced of his innocence over a period of years. if i had been on the jury that heard his case in portland superior court over six stormy weeks in 1947-48, i would have voted to convinct, too. source: king, stephen. "rita hayworth and shawshank redemption." different seasons. new york: penguin group, 1982. google books. web. 16 may 2011. how does the point of view in the excerpt affect the characterization in the text?