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In the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is a memoir where Bryan Stevenson guides us through his life as a lawyer for those who are death sentence. From 1983 when he was student at Harvard Law to 2013 where he lost a client he was defending for years , he takes us through several cases he has taken over the years and showed how they personally impacted him as not only as a lawyer , but a person as well. Bryan Stevenson first got into death penalty cases to gain experience for school. The kids at Harvard advanced degrees and obtained great amount of experience. Therefore, Bryan felt pressure to catch up, but he wanted to “something with the poor, America’s history of racial inequality, and the struggle to be equitable and …show more content…

Bryan grew up in poor rural area in Delaware where people were divided by “colored sections” by railroads. This is an area where people lived in tiny shacks and lacked indoor plumbing. None of his relatives were not able to escape and to college. His grandfather died when he was teenager and he felt that no one care saying that “it didn’t seem to matter the world much.” Therefore when he talks to clients he shows that he cares. When his client Herbert was sent to execution, Bryan promised to attend his his execution. He drove two hours Atmore to get there. When Bryan got arrived at the prison, he prayed with Herbert and his family. Herbert then says “I know this ain 't easy for you either , but I’m grateful to you for standing with me. Another example is when Bryan goes Repton, a town close to Monroeville, to visit the family of Walter to answer question. “We talked for well over an hour - or they talked while they I listened” Bryan said. He was there just for comfort. Then there was a fourteen named Charlie. He was abused by his mother’s boyfriend. Charlie refused to speak to Bryan, but Bryan would not leave until he responded. He spent hours asking “Are u okay”. Bryan he made sure the he …show more content…

Carr. Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who died in 2005. Things were looking grim at the time with execution dates coming on soon. Rosa Parks helped him change Bryan’s approach on how to approach his work. Bryan was depending on others in the the system to get it and play if safe. Rosa Parks simply told him he has to put to himself out there and not to give up so quickly. “You’ve got be brave, brave, brave”, Rosa Parks said to Bryan. Since this talk Bryan decided to stop the “foolishness about quitting” and dedicated his life sure innocent people like Hinton and McMillian get freed while traveling back forth to help Carter and

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