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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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Eye opening account of the author‘s experience fighting for wrongly convicted and over sentenced people on death row and with life sentences. Even after commuting, years or decades of life has been lost to the prison system with rarely any compensation for the lives damaged. In some cases, innocent people and even children have been executed in American prisons.

Butterfinger Oh, goodness. Children? We do have to change the system. The tagged is about how girls of color are targeted in elementary and middle schools because of the stereotype of being abrasive and loud. There are few ways to escape the hardships, so they get into gangs and prostitution. It was really an eye-opener. All because of how the teachers branded them as trouble.

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Cosmos_Moon_River @Butterfinger the world is a sad place, and I wish there was more we could do to make it better, and that others wanted the same. There‘s such a lack of empathy these days. 2d

TheBookHippie The school to prison pipeline is alive and well… 2d

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TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River I‘ve heard him speak it‘s just so layered. He has done amazing work. 2d

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger they just lowered the age of arresting children to older than six in Florida and many other states a few years ago. 2d

Butterfinger @TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon_River let's continue to be reactive instead of proactive. Schools need more training for SEL in elementary and not worry about tests. It breaks my heart. I know I am preaching to the choir. 2d

TheBookHippie @Butterfinger I agree. Sigh. 2d

Cosmos_Moon_River @TheBookHippie so sad. Six year olds do not understand what they are doing and should never be arrested. Investigation into family life would probably be more appropriate and guiding the child with education and love. So sad, and I feel racial disparities are only going to grow with this administration. Continuing to dehumanize the “others”. 21h

Cosmos_Moon_River I wish I would have been aware of his work before. He has done, and maybe still does, work in my city. @Butterfinger it‘s getting harder and harder to keep up the good fight and stay positive. 21h

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Bethanyroe

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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What a fantastic book. So incredibly endearing and infuriating all at the same time!

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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The author came into this work knowing what he wanted to do, but he didn‘t realize how hard it would be, or that it would change his life even more than those he served. This book isn‘t just about the work of Equal Justice Initiative; it‘s about how we treat others, and the vision of systems of compassion, instead of systems of oppression. The story of Walter McMillian is featured heavily in this book, but there are also stories of other ⬇️

JenniferEgnor criminalized persons. The author was able to help some of them. Not only did he have to go up against a system of injustice, he had to go up against old hatreds; doing this work in the Deep South was dangerous. America has a problem with mass incarceration, and criminality. This book takes a deep look at the flaws in the system, showing the threads of racism that still hold it together, and asks us to look for another way; asks us to look at⬇️ 7mo

JenniferEgnor and within, the individuals that we are so quick to lock away and kill. This way of doing things is not loving, not sustainable, not just. Another way is possible; we must work to achieve it. Highly recommended read. 7mo

JenniferEgnor Link to the website here: https://eji.org/ 7mo

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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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. When you experience mercy, you learn things that are hard to learn otherwise. You see things you can‘t otherwise see; you hear things you can‘t otherwise hear. You begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us. What would happen if we just⬇️

JenniferEgnor acknowledged our brokenness, if we owned up to our weaknesses, our deficits, our biases, our fears. Maybe if we did, we wouldn‘t want to kill the broken among us who have killed others. Maybe we would look harder for solutions to caring for the disabled, the abused, the neglected, and the traumatized. If we acknowledged our brokenness, we could no longer take pride in mass incarceration, in executing people, in our deliberate indifference to⬇️ 7mo

JenniferEgnor the most vulnerable. 7mo

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Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla, and the Electric Chair | Th. Metzger

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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson

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This was my favorite from January. It's not something I'd have picked up on my own, but this is why I enjoy trying my hand at the different reading challenges.

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Andrew65 Agree the challenges do get you to new book experiences. 13mo

Librarybelle This is such a good book! 13mo

Pageturner1 its on my TBR may give it a try 2024 13mo

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JenReadsAlot

Change of Heart: A Novel | Jodi Picoult

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Not my favorite by her so included some pictures from Cinque Terre Italy!

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DebbieGrillo

Moonrise | Sarah Crossan

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Joe spends a month in Texas, visiting his brother in prison, death row, before the scheduled execution date. Told in verse, this is an amazing and gut-wrenching story about family, forgiveness, and fortitude.

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DebbieGrillo

Moonrise | Sarah Crossan

Insane.

Caroline2 Wow 😮 2y

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