No Heroes, No Villains by by Steven J. Phillips
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No Heroes, No Villains by by Steven J. Phillips
After reading the story, I found I had mixed emotions about it. To explain, when we were getting into detail and finally finding out what really happened the day of June 28th, I found myself completely interested and glued to the book. I also enjoyed the way the incident was explained because I felt like I was there watching it all happen from the great detail. I enjoyed Phillips style of writing because through his writing, he really came off as an intelligent person who is very familiar with the legal system. The book is an easy read, and I liked the non-pretentious style of writing. I did not find myself struggling with reading the book at all, which made the overall experience that much more enjoyable.
To me, the challenging part of the book was reading a book on a topic that I do not know much about. I am starting to become familiar with the legal system, however I am nowhere near that of a lawyer. This is why I stumbled at times on some of the legal lingo that the book contained. In addition to that, I did find myself with a better understanding of our legal system. I felt like I was along for the ride on the whole legal process. Also, I would like to note that I thoroughly enjoyed the chapter on the autopsy because I thought it was very interesting how they performed those procedures in that time period. I loved the detail that the author went into when describing how it all took place.
I enjoyed that the book challenged some of the biggest problems in our legal system, or even society as a whole. There is still a lot of racism going on, and this book was not afraid to exploit that. I enjoy those kinds of readings. They are the things that will eventually spark a change and shed some light on the problems that are happening right now.
The parts that I found boring were when there was a lot of description going on from the author. I do realize that it is necessary to set up the scenes and locations so that us as readers can have a better understanding of what is happening in the book, however I felt like at times he went too far into detail and had me nearly sleeping at times, literally.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that they enjoyed steven j. phillips' no heroes, no villains because he came off as an intelligent person who is familiar with the legal system.
- Opines that they enjoyed the chapter on the autopsy because they thought it was interesting how they performed those procedures in that time period.
- Opines that the book challenged some of the biggest problems in our legal system, or even society as a whole.
- Opines that mr. phillips' descriptiveness was a credit to for setting up the scenes and locations so that readers could understand what is happening in the book.
- Opines that the book helped them understand the legal system and how easy it is for someone to be falsely tried in a case that has little evidence and few witnesses.
- Explains that the book emphasizes the importance of proper evidence collection as well as proper presentation, especially when the public opinion is that a cop has killed black man with no reason.
- Opines that it is a big problem in our legal system that there are people being found guilty for crimes they did not commit.
- Opines that justice was eventually achieved in the case, although it seemed like it was going to turn out a different way, at least for them.
- Opines that the book was a good read that took you behind the scenes of one of the millions of trials that go on in our country.
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