Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan StevensonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Bryan Stevenson was a new law student when he visited his first death row inmate. This single experience shaped how he viewed law school and what he wanted to practice after graduation. It wasn’t long after he became a lawyer that he founded the Equal Justice Initiative. This group of lawyers and their assistants focused on those who needed legal help the most: the poor, those wrongly condemned and women/children who have received harsher than normal punishments. Bryan helped many people lost in the system, but one of his first cases, the case of Walter McMillian, changed Bryan’s view of mercy and justice.
Just Mercy is a wonderful nonfiction account of one man’s pursuit of equality and the lives he changed along the way. Although Bryan did not win every case he fought, he believed in all of these individuals and gave every person his all. Through cases, he pursued he was able to bring to light flaws in the criminal justice system and help change some of the flaws into gains. I feel every human should read this book, but definitely every American!
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