Just Mercy is a nonfiction book by Bryan Stevenson—a lawyer, professor, and writer who has spent his career advocating for the oppressed and marginalized. The book provides an in-depth look at the problems with America's criminal justice system, including mass incarceration, the death penalty, juvenile imprisonment, and harsh sentencing. Stevenson also looks at these issues through the lens of racial justice, examining how the criminal justice system has had disproportionately negative affects on minorities.
The book blends a number of smaller stories with one overarching narrative: the false accusation, harsh sentencing, wrongful imprisonment, and hard-won exoneration of Walter...
