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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Book Review
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BOOK REVIEW 2
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Book Review
Just Mercy: A story of justice and redemption is a book by Bryan Stevenson that
documents the criminal justice in America through a story of a black man, Walter McMillian,
who was wrongfully sentenced to death for killing an 18-year-old white lady. In the book,
Stevenson narrates the education journey that saw him pursue law at Harvard University and
later a career as a human rights activist in Atlanta before heading to Alabama to practice law at
equal justice initiative. The book bases its story on the young lawyer's efforts to end mass
incarceration in America amid a myriad of social injustices such as racism and wrongful
condemnation among the poor.
The book illustrates how Stevenson took satisfaction for the dismissal of McMillian
despite the case landing to an otherwise immortalized prosecution known to sponsor witnesses to
lie. The book interestingly describes how the prosecution used Myres, a convict, to lie about how
he had seen McMillian modified truck near the crime scene. It was later revealed that the truck
was modified months after the victim's death, further strengthening Stevenson's defense case
(Stevenson, 2014, p 136). Through the intervention of Stevenson, McMillian's case was reduced
from a death sentence to life imprisonment, and later the charges dropped.
The book also illustrated the author's frustrations over the reckless abandonment of
adolescent violators and murderers cases. He advocated for the provision of parole sentences for
young adolescents who may have committed crimes under the influence of drugs, giving an
example of a 14 years Miller who beat to death a middle-aged man they had drinking with over
the night. Steveson (2014, p 269) notes that it was unnecessarily and logically unlawful to
continue detaining adults who committed crimes in their childhood as they had already realized
their mistakes, unlike those who commit crimes as adults.

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Running head: BOOK REVIEW 1 Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Book Review Students Name Institution Affiliation BOOK REVIEW 2 Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Book Review Just Mercy: A story of justice and redemption is a book by Bryan Stevenson that documents the criminal justice in America through a story of a black man, Walter McMillian, who was wrongfully sentenced to death for killing an 18-year-old white lady. In the book, Stevenson narrates the education journey that saw him pursue law at Harvard University and later a career as a human rights activist in Atlanta before heading to Alabama to practice law at equal justice initiative. The book bases its story on the young lawyer's efforts to end mass incarceration in America amid a myriad of social injustices such as racism and wrongful condemnation among the poor. The book illustrates how Stevenson took satisfaction for the dismissal of McMillian despite the case landing to an otherwise immortalized prosecution known to sponsor witnesses to lie. The book interestingly describes how the prosecution used Myres, a convict, to lie about how he had seen McMillian modified truck near the crime scene ...
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