It is fairly easy to make quick judgements about someone without even understanding the whole story. In the novel Just Mercy, the author and renowned lawyer Bryan Stevenson sheds a much needed light on the stories of the wrongfully accused and unreasonably punished. People like Avery Jenkins, Herbert Richardson, Joe Sullivan, Trina Garnett, and many more were misjudged and misunderstood. They were given cruel and unusual punishments such as life sentences without parole and death penalties instead of mercy. The only way to fully understand the injustice and mistreatment these people endured is by looking closer at what happened to them instead of looking at them from a distance. Stevenson was able to have close first-hand experiences with the
