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Just Mercy
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June 1, 2017
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August 31, 2017

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Bucket
An excellent treatise by an equal justice lawyer who is both down in the trenches and speaking on hilltops to change our justice system. This book is an indictment of our system -- not only its racial inequities but it's overly harsh treatment of everyone through mandatory minimums, 3 strikes, trying and sentencing juveniles as adults, and extensive use of the death penalty in some states. The bottom line is that the system fails everyone except the very rich most of the time.

Stevenson tells the
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Helen Bungert
We were all impressed with this one, with the depth of his knowledge and with his compassion. It really opened all our eyes to our troubled judicial system.
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Great read...Tons of admiration for Bryan Stevenson.
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