Analysis Of Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson

In Bryan Stevenson book Just Mercy, Stevenson exposed many things about the justice system. He explain to his audience that the justice system are treated minorities wrong. Bryan Stevenson influences on the readers’ thoughts about the justice system. He makes the readers question if we are being treated right. Stevenson does this by using logos effectively by providing the readers with the cases he dealt with. There are four cases that stuck out to readers are the Walter, Charlie, Horace, and Joe. Bryan Stevenson mentions the Walter case to support what he says about the justice system. Walter McMillian is a black male, who was wrongly accused of killing a girl. The police had no evidence of Walter killing the girl. They were

The cops did it whatever it took to keep Walter in jail because of the color of his skin. (82). But, there was evidence that Walter was at home during the murder. Stevenson said “Police reported that the Morrison murder took place around 10:15 A.M., eleven miles or so from McMillian 's home, at the same time that a dozen church members were at Walter 's home selling food while Walter and Jimmy worked on his truck ” (51). The Sheriff Tate knew all of this, but he wanted to keep Walter in jail. It would make me more sense if a black male was arrested for killing a white girl. Also, the police had nobody else to blame it on. The police did whatever I took to keep him in jail. Stevenson says that “We discovered that Bill Hooks had been paid by Sheriff Tate for his testimony against Walter---we found checks in the county 's financial records showing close to $5,000 in payments to Hooks in reward money and expenses” (131). That was such a cruel thing to do because he was innocent. Stevenson also says that “He had long been

Stevenson effectively uses logos to show this. Stevenson tells readers about a man Horace Dunkins. Horace Dunkins was a man that had intellectual disabilities. He was sentenced on death row. This was very cruel because this man had disabilities since he was young. He basically had a mind of a child. Stevenson said “Mr. Dunkins suffered from intellectual disabilities, and the trial judge found he had “mental retardation” based on his school records and earlier testing” (169). Knowing that he was mentally ill they still decided to put him on death row. The way Horace died was very cruel. “The officials plugged the electrodes into the chair incorrectly, so only a partial electrical charge was delivered…” (170). Because of that they kept electrocuting him until he was dead. This was very cruel because this man did not deserve that at all. But, he wasn’t the only mentally ill person that was treated