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Bryan Stevenson's 'Section One Just Mercy'

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Section One Just Mercy: Option #2 Book Review
The stories of long grueling hours at his own law firm and driving hours away from home to help clients are the vertebrae of Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy. Rather than a terribly persuasive story filled with solutions to making this world a better place; Stevenson marries his triumphs and failures of being an lawyer to the emotional journey him and his clients take everyday. This formula allows readers to be stimulated throughout the entirety of the book whilst possibly making truer views and opinions about our country’s justice system. As a young lawyer fresh out of law school Stevenson immediately takes risky and close to impossible cases on death row. Spending almost all of his time in prisons he finds an extreme passion for the rightful justice of prisoners who are waiting in a cell to reach the electric chair. This immediate bravery from Stevenson surprised me and inspired me all …show more content…

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