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4.72 AVERAGE
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This book was tough emotionally, but very good, and powerful.
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“The accumulated insults and indignations caused by racial presumptions are destructive in ways that are hard to measure. Constantly being suspected, accused, watched, doubted, distrusted, presumed guilty, and even feared is a burden borne by people of color that can’t be understood or confronted without a deeper conversation about our history of racial injustice.”
This book is a must read for all, it is descriptively haunting and the stories will keep you up at night, as they should. Bryan Stevenson tells his story of a young lawyer fighting against injustice throughout the United States. Stevenson teaches that mercy is needed to those most vulnerable, because as the book states “fear and anger are a threat to justice; they can infect a community, a state or a nation and make us blind, irrational and dangerous”.
This book is a must read for all, it is descriptively haunting and the stories will keep you up at night, as they should. Bryan Stevenson tells his story of a young lawyer fighting against injustice throughout the United States. Stevenson teaches that mercy is needed to those most vulnerable, because as the book states “fear and anger are a threat to justice; they can infect a community, a state or a nation and make us blind, irrational and dangerous”.
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fast-paced
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This is an extraordinary book.
So impressed by Bryan Stevenson and the good work he has accomplished. The stories are told in a non-hyped way that was appreciated.
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1000000/5 stars. When I first heard about prison reform, I was so confused. Why should we help them if they’ve hurt others? Who says they deserve it? I was naive, for what reason do we feel the right to kill others? This book, although I began reading in high school and never finished, is powerful beyond measure. What values do we have as a society if we are constantly in a state of grief and revenge? How do we accept this, when there’s communities targeted by the criminal justice system, wanting to take them and imprison them for life?
Bryan Stevenson believes in giving mercy to those who don’t want it, won’t accept it, who need it. His anecdotes of wrongful convictions, excessive punishment, and class struggle to the unfair system is more than enough to convince someone the death penalty is never worth it, there’s better things we can do with our time and our resources to help those incarcerated or affected by it.
Bryan Stevenson believes in giving mercy to those who don’t want it, won’t accept it, who need it. His anecdotes of wrongful convictions, excessive punishment, and class struggle to the unfair system is more than enough to convince someone the death penalty is never worth it, there’s better things we can do with our time and our resources to help those incarcerated or affected by it.