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Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson: Summary

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.In the Novel Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Bryan has met many difficult situations that have led to heartbreaking death penalties and unjustified charges. The men that stood out to Bryan Stevenson the most were Joe Sullivan and Herbert Richardson because of their harsh penalties. Joe Sullivan was a 13-year-old African-American boy who was convinced by two other black teens to break into an elderly woman’s home. Later that afternoon elderly woman Lena Bruner was brutally raped. Joe turns himself in, admits to being involved in the robbery but denies any involvement in the sexual assault. Joe was later charged with sexual battery. After Joe was put into jail for his unjustified involvement, Bryan Stevenson later found out that Joe was sexually …show more content…

He ends up dating the woman while moving down to the south. After the relationship has gone on for a while, Herbert girlfriend decides to break up with him over the vindictiveness over her. Herbert does not give up on the relationship, in fact, he still goes to see her when he has the chance. Herbert ex-girlfriend later put a restraining order against Herbert , which gets him deeply depressed. When Herbert was depressed he came up with a plan to win his girlfriend back. He wanted to plant a bomb at her house to save her after the explosion. It all went horribly wrong when his girlfriend’s nephew picked up the bomb and designated it, killing herself and destroying the house. In conclusion, Herbert unintentionally killed a child to win the heart of his girlfriend. Herbert was later sentenced on death row without the proper help. There were lots of relation between Herbert and Joe in their cases. First, none of them had the proper treatment in the court. The Judge, police, and jury wanted Joe and Herbert in jail for the acts they did. Second, they are both African-American in the south, which means no white man or woman really liked

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