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What can I say about this other than it was fantastic and frustrating and so so heartbreaking? It’s disgusting that we still use the death penalty. Why does the law decide who should live and who should die? We should kill whoever implemented that 😈
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This book has made me cry many tears. I have never seen something so amazing and I hope we can create more hopefulness to heal broken hearts. I loved this book and it will always will be with me in my heart. Thank you for creating such a wonderful book.
This book in a good way, was a lot, I can’t even describe the emotions I felt when reading this.
Thank you to Bryan and Equal Justice Initiative for doing all that you do to end the death penalty.
Thank you to Bryan and Equal Justice Initiative for doing all that you do to end the death penalty.
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Mass incarceration is an emergency. Bryan Stevenson's uses his personal experiences as a defense attorney to make a deeply personal and urgent rebuke against a justice system that is fundamentally unfair and unnecessarily punitive.
I knew the numbers before starting this book:
-25% of the worlds incarcerated population belongs to the United States.
-The US incarceration rate is staggeringly high compared to other countries. 5x greater than China, 2x greater than Russia, 9x greater than Sweden.
-In the United States, 1 out of every 20 people will be incarcerated in their lifetime.
-1 out of every 11 men
-1 out of every 3 black men
Just Mercy tied human lives to these numbers. I cried for Stevenson's guilty clients as well as the innocent as his thoughtful portraits showed that everyone is more than just the worst thing they've done. So many lives could be saved if this country could have less toughness and more mercy.
There is so much to be outraged by in the book: lack of consequences of prosecutors when they break the law, the criminalization of poverty, systemic and individual racism, the death penalty and life sentences for children. It's crushing. However, Brian Stevenson's own experiences show that things can change. His thoughtfulness, kindness, and diligence are inspiring.
I wish this was a ubiquitous high school English class book. Though I went into it with existing anti prison and anti death penalty views, I do genuinely believe it could change minds. I can hardly imagine anyone who wouldn't be outraged by the cases presented in this books, and the author does such a good job of gently and factually tying the individual cases to the bigger picture.
"Be a stone catcher."
I knew the numbers before starting this book:
-25% of the worlds incarcerated population belongs to the United States.
-The US incarceration rate is staggeringly high compared to other countries. 5x greater than China, 2x greater than Russia, 9x greater than Sweden.
-In the United States, 1 out of every 20 people will be incarcerated in their lifetime.
-1 out of every 11 men
-1 out of every 3 black men
Just Mercy tied human lives to these numbers. I cried for Stevenson's guilty clients as well as the innocent as his thoughtful portraits showed that everyone is more than just the worst thing they've done. So many lives could be saved if this country could have less toughness and more mercy.
There is so much to be outraged by in the book: lack of consequences of prosecutors when they break the law, the criminalization of poverty, systemic and individual racism, the death penalty and life sentences for children. It's crushing. However, Brian Stevenson's own experiences show that things can change. His thoughtfulness, kindness, and diligence are inspiring.
I wish this was a ubiquitous high school English class book. Though I went into it with existing anti prison and anti death penalty views, I do genuinely believe it could change minds. I can hardly imagine anyone who wouldn't be outraged by the cases presented in this books, and the author does such a good job of gently and factually tying the individual cases to the bigger picture.
"Be a stone catcher."
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Slew of high ratings as of late which is a great thing. This book is awesome and so inspirational for law school, I would absolutely recommend. Shed some tears and also took so many lessons about hopefulness, especially going into law school. Let us never forget that the system requires constant discernment and accountability to work!