Inequality In Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy

“Just mercy” written by Bryan Stevenson is a story about “justice and redemption”(title). Bryan Stevenson tells the story about Walter McMillian a convicted murder. McMillian was unjustly charged for the murder of Ronda Morrison by Ralph Myers even though there was clear evidence that McMillian did not commit this murder. McMillian’s story proves the inequities in the American justice system, and Stevenson proves the faults in the system by telling McMillian’s story. “Proximity has taught me some basic and humbling truths, including this vital lesson: each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done”(17). When we judge people based on their person not the facts innocent people can be charged for crimes that they never committed, and that is where are justice system is unjust.

In the novel, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson, it is extremely apparent that there is a link between poverty, wealth, injustice, and justice. This book incorporates a strong theme of poverty and how it relates to justice, as well as injustice. Furthermore, it very apparently works to explain and provide examples of problems within the justice system, and the urgency that these be corrected. One major problem being poverty in relation to obtaining justice. This being said, throughout my personal reading of the book, I have come to agree with Stevenson's statement, "the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice" (Stevenson 18).

In Bryan Stevenson’s novel, Just Mercy, it is extremely apparent that there is a link between poverty, wealth, injustice, and justice. This book incorporates a strong theme of poverty and how it relates to justice, as well as injustice. Furthermore, it works to explain and provide examples of problems within the justice system, and the urgency to correct these. This being said, throughout a personal reading of the book, one might come to agree with Stevenson's statement, "the opposite of poverty is not wealth; the opposite of poverty is justice" (Stevenson 18).

The second half of Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy, brought successful conclusions to the stories that were introduced in the first half. Stevenson also introduced multiple new cases that displayed just how much his little law firm in Alabama has grown and changed the United States’ judicial system for the better. Stevenson mentioned that he had won a historic hearing that life-without-parole sentences for all children are unconstitutional, which changed the lives of many children and how they are treated today by courts in the United States. While he has saved many people from their wrongful convictions, their lives are never the same and the time they lost in prison can never be returned. This is why Stevenson started a fight that

In the book, Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson is a great book with many stories about cruel and unusual punishment, and injustice for an innocent African Americans . Stevenson speaks about the injustice of the criminal justice system, I would advise anyone who is interested in Criminal Justice system and injustice in the system to read this book.

This is a non-fiction book following Bryan Stevenson’s early career as a lawyer. Currently while practicing law he has started an organization called The Equal Justice Initiative. The organizations goal is to help wrongly convicted people get off of death row. One overarching story that you are following is the case of Walter McMillian, who was wrongly convicted and put on death row for the murder of a young woman in Alabama. You are following Bryan Stevenson’s as he investigates the case and talks to the so-called witnesses of the original case. As he works to get McMillian off of death row, he talks about the complexities of this system, of this world and of the

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption is an autobiographical account written by Bryan Stevenson. The book details Stevenson’s trials and tribulations as a civil rights lawyer practicing during the height of discrimination and racism in America. Stevenson founded The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a law firm in Montgomery Alabama, to defend minorities and the disadvantaged who were wrongfully convicted or sentenced unfairly. Convictions were often long processes which were filled with setbacks. The trials were often riddled with corruption, injustice and blatant dishonesty. Thus, many innocent people, or those who were simply incapable of knowing right from wrong, were imprisoned or sentenced to death. Despite numerous injustices and reasons to lose hope and perspective, Stevenson is able to evoke change which instills a feeling of hope within the reader as well

How to Kill a Mockingbird Essay The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, is a coming of age story in the 1930s. The characters live in Maycomb County is southern Alabama during the great depression, when poverty and segregation are a major issues. Maycomb is a very small town, where everyone knows each other, and rarely gets knew members or people leaving.

Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, revolves around the childhood of a young southern girl, Scout Finch. The story is centered around a court case taken by her father to defend a black man accused of rape. During the trial Scout learns many valuable life lessons, such as the importance and power of integrity within individuals versus the dishonesty of a group. Many characters in the novel act as a part of the group and partake in the “mob mentality,” but are ultimately taken down by the strength of individuals.

“ Mockingbirds do not harm anyone, there one sole intent in life is to make music for the us to enjoy” - Atticus Finch But is that all there is this to this fragile individual? A humble yet curious soul born into existence for nothing but another’s entertainment? From Ancient times, The Mockingbird have had a special symbolic value in literature as well as philosophy, representing innocence, purity and goodwill. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, award winning author Harper lee takes it one step further and diplomatically addresses and discusses the benefits and consequences of being a mockingbird during the great depression, involving Fundamental themes to that time period such as racism, Social Inequality, and moral education.

I finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This book is a coming of age story about Scout, Jem and their friend Dill.The three friends go on many adventures and learn many lifelong lessons. Tom Robinson’s trial teadches the main character, Scout, about racism. This event, along with several others, symbolizes the mockingbird theme: it is a sin to kill the innocent. In this journal I will be supporting the mockingbird theme with Tom Robinson’s case, and Boo Radley’s life story.

In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, an unjust society is working to imprison a wrongfully convicted African-American, apart from a few citizens and lawyers yearning for a ‘just’ conclusion to the case of Tom Robinson. This novel encourages the reader to admire Tom Robinson for his determination to help someone in need, regardless of the black/white divide that has brought him scrutiny. It also persuades the reader to pity Tom, because of the sad, yet inevitable end to the case. Tom was “… a dead man the minute Mayella … screamed.” It can also be noted that the reader should admire Atticus, for his willingness and determination to help Tom in his case, although, he knew it would never be possible to save him from his inevitable end.

The American Justice system has long argued about the morality, or lack of thereof, of the death penalty. The debate of whether to abolish it or not is controversial already, but in Bryan Stevenson’s book Just Mercy, he sheds light on parts of the justice system that people don’t usually see. When considering the racism in the justice system, the innocent people who are incarcerated, and the death penalty’s lack of purpose, Bryan Stevenson was correct when he asserted that the death penalty was unjust and unnecessary.

Throughout the reading of “Just Mercy”, a novel written by Bryan Stevenson, and the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”, there are many examples that represent the corruption within the criminal justice system. The various forms of corruption are expressed through specific cases that have occurred within the criminal justice and through different characters in the reading or the movie that show examples of corruption. The different corruptions categorize into overall groups such as race, gender, and mental capabilities.

The text Just Mercy written by Bryan Stevenson published in 2014 depicts the lives of many condemned prisoners Stevenson has been in contact with in his line of work. Many of these condemned prisoner’s stories leaving an everlasting impression on Stevenson as he fights for their freedom against the harsh criminal justice system. As a reader, I can only assume how the countless condemned individuals Stevenson has came in contact