Book Review Just Mercy

This is the true story of a young lawyer s fight for justice on the part of many on death row.

Book review just mercy. But just mercy a memoir aggregates and personalizes the struggle against injustice in the story of one activist lawyer. This book should be required reading in school. It provokes us to reconsider exactly what is just punishment for crime.

5 of 5 stars in fact there is a strength a power even in understanding brokenness because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. A story of justice and redemption by bryan stevenson my rating. Just mercy is such a book.

His great grandparents had. Just mercy is the story of bryan stevenson s career as a lawyer serving to assist those most in need but it is also the story of the corruption and misguided ways of america s justice system. Our shared vulnerability and imperfection nurtures and sustains our capacity for compassion this book is a page turner and yet somehow manages to create considerable contemplation.

Reviewed by bev scott. It will come as no surprise to those who have heard stevenson speak or perused any of his briefs that just mercy is an easy read a work of style substance and clarity. The poor the wrongly condemned and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system.

Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you think and even changes the way you have previously looked upon a subject. Just mercy by bryan stevenson. Posted on august 28 2020 august 28 2020 by bev scott.

Beacon lights book review just mercy by bryan stevenson. Bryan stevenson grew up poor in delaware. An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in america from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time.