Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is almost like a real life version of To Kill A Mockingbird. It is a story of multiple instances where people were wrongly or unfairly convicted. Bryan Stevenson is the lawyer who represents these people free of charge. Many of these cases display how race plays an unfair role in […]
In the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Bryan who is an attorney guides us through his life in Alabama and how he helps defend innocent, poor men on death row who were wrongly convicted. Throughout each case, we see how a good proportion of the men sentenced were specifically chosen because of race and […]
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Get startedBryan Stevenson writes about his work in Just Mercy. He was raised in a working class African American family. At the age of 16 his grandfather was murdered by kids trying to steal his television. Stevenson did not let this bring him down. He went on to become an attorney with a degree from Harvard […]
American society is obsessed with safety. We spend millions of dollars implementing systems to try and keep citizens safe. What is often overlooked is the corruption that lies within America’s criminal justice system, the transgressions that occur daily, and the way these issues disrupt thousands of innocent lives each year. In his narrative Just Mercy, […]
Affirmative action is a government-run strategy of addressing racial inequalities in the workplace of University admissions by using quotas; for instance, a University may be required to accept a certain percentage of ethnic minority students. Such programmes were conceived in the 1960s after segregation in the USA was outlawed. However, de facto segregation remained and […]
Affirmative Action is defined as special consideration for minorities and women in employment. And education to compensate for the discrimination and lack of opportunities. They experience in the larger society. Affirmative Action from my perspective seems to be an attempt the government tried to do. That made business, even colleges, to meet a quota for […]
As I walk down the street and spot a police officer, I suddenly try to act as normal as possible and get nervous, fearing the officer will stop me just for being suspicious. Many of my fears of the police stem from their portrayal by the media as strict by the book enforcers and brutal […]
