Jude by Kate Morgenroth

This is a terrific page turner as long as you can overlook one thing - he's still alive even though he was there when his father was gunned down.  Then settle in for a character you can admire and see what happens to him when he goes to jail.  His mother's good friend persuades Jude that if he goes to jail for a crime he didn't commit, it will ensure his mother staying state's attorney and help her in her run for mayor.\  It will make her look good because she is willing prosecute her own son. He's willing for his mother to despise him, until the truth comes out. Unfortunately, the friend appears helpless to lessen Jude's sentence as he had promised.