Summary Of Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson wrote the book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, in his novel he discusses multiple cases that influenced him into creating what we now know as The Equal Justice Initiative it is a group that has helped create a void in unfair sentencing. Bryan was born in Delaware in 1959, he grew up in a poor neighborhood where he witnessed a division in both social and economic class. The division of classes lead to the start of Stevenson’s journey to inform and make members of the community aware of injustices in our country. There are multiple career paths that he could have chosen that benefited his desire to bring about awareness. Ultimately, he decided on a career path he believed would have the greatest impact, pursuing a law degree. Bryan Stevenson is heavily involved in the organization he founded, the Equal Justice Initiative, his work has,

The rhetor of this video is Bryan Stevenson, he is a graduate from Harvard University and is now the Executive Director of the influential movement called The Equal Justice Initiative. What motivated him to start the organization was his experience growing up as well as the things he witnessed being a public-interest lawyer. In this case, Stevenson’s audience could be all the people present at his Ted talk and the ones who have been streaming it online. Society is still very focused on their old ways; including its views on the death penalty, discrimination against race in the justice system and so on. These views seem to not want to conform to what today’s society stands for. When Bryan Stevenson goes and talks he runs into people who try and stop his “preaching”