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Very good insight into USA's justice system and stories from death row.
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This is an extremely well written memoir. I have always had an interest in the criminal justice system and this is an exceptional study of the cruel sides of it. Hearing how fucked up the system is from a defense attorney somehow makes it even sadder.
Obviously I was anti-death penalty before I read this book but I’m not sure how anyone can argue for capital punishment after reading this. Even an error rate of 1 is too much when you’re dealing with people’s lives. (Hint the death penalty has definitely killed more than 1 innocent person).
<blockquote><i>The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?</blockquote></i>
I spent a lot of my academic career studying racial injustice and imprisonment so a lot of this was things I’ve heard before. The brief sections about convict leasing, arrest rate differences, community policing, etc. was all stuff I researched for my capstone project. However, the personal stories, the individual cases, were all extremely fascinating. So many people’s lives have been completely ruined, or ended, because of a racist system that refuses to bend to people’s mistakes.
<blockquote><i>Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.</blockquote></i>
Reading about the worst parts of our society always makes me pissed off and motivated. I think last time I almost applied to law school because I wanted to work for the Innocence Project lol. (this is still an option omg I’m appalled and pissed). How can I go back to reading my silly little fantasy and romance books after this?
Also: Audiobook read by the author ✅
This is an extremely well written memoir. I have always had an interest in the criminal justice system and this is an exceptional study of the cruel sides of it. Hearing how fucked up the system is from a defense attorney somehow makes it even sadder.
Obviously I was anti-death penalty before I read this book but I’m not sure how anyone can argue for capital punishment after reading this. Even an error rate of 1 is too much when you’re dealing with people’s lives. (Hint the death penalty has definitely killed more than 1 innocent person).
<blockquote><i>The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?</blockquote></i>
I spent a lot of my academic career studying racial injustice and imprisonment so a lot of this was things I’ve heard before. The brief sections about convict leasing, arrest rate differences, community policing, etc. was all stuff I researched for my capstone project. However, the personal stories, the individual cases, were all extremely fascinating. So many people’s lives have been completely ruined, or ended, because of a racist system that refuses to bend to people’s mistakes.
<blockquote><i>Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.</blockquote></i>
Reading about the worst parts of our society always makes me pissed off and motivated. I think last time I almost applied to law school because I wanted to work for the Innocence Project lol. (this is still an option omg I’m appalled and pissed). How can I go back to reading my silly little fantasy and romance books after this?
Also: Audiobook read by the author ✅
Bryan Stevenson is a man who can say in all honesty that he has dedicated his life to justice. I first heard of him about a year or so from anTED talk he gave and every time I see him speak with such passion and eloquence my esteem for him grows. This book is no exception. I must give my highest recommendation to this book. With incredible tenderness and prophetic fire he embodies what justice and mercy should look like, but which is sadly missing from our criminal justice system. He articulate Christian values (without proclaiming his faith) better than most Christians. Read this book! 3.999 Martinie glasses.
Devastating.
"Why must we kill all the broken people?"
"Why must we kill all the broken people?"
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I can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed this book. I learned so much from the stories Bryan Stevenson told. Please read it, you won’t regret it.
Bryan Stevenson is absolutely amazing... the way he has brought his life’s work to light is very impressive and influenced me greatly. His narrative shows the gross injustices of our so-called justice system and humanizes weighty topics often thought of in a more hypothetical sense including capital punishment, life sentences, children being tried as adults, overworked/ineffective public defenders, and wrongful convictions.
He has changed the way i think about these topics and has shown through his profiles how to be Just is to have Mercy.
He has changed the way i think about these topics and has shown through his profiles how to be Just is to have Mercy.
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