MONDAY BOOK REVIEW
“Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), has been called America’s Mandela and after reading this book I think that is fitting. The book has been awarded many honors and is a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Stevenson, a lawyer, has spent his entire professional career representing those who had no one else to defend them. He and staff at the EJI took on the cases of individuals who had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole as children. He defended the innocent on death row. Many of his clients were people of color, all were in poverty and could not afford legal fees.
The book is chocked full of individual cases, but one is followed in detail, that of Walter McMillian. McMillian was arrested for a murder that he was in no way connected to and spent years on death row before Stevenson managed to win his release. All the court proceedings along with the obvious prejudices against this black man are very enlightening.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in a just Justice System for all citizens of this country.
Please read about the Equal Justice Initiative at https://eji.org You will find it very interesting.
Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly 
Sounds like a very interesting book! I read one account where an innocent man spent over thirty years in prison before a journalist took up his case.
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Thank you. It is so comforting to know there are those who never give up in righting wrongs which have gone on for centuries.
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