Damian Carmona Emily Chappell Rhetoric appreciation 10 March 2024 Just Mercy In Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson shows there is a problem with the criminal justice problems. It shows how the criminal justice system does not care about the imprisoned, a prime example of how many people have been wrongly convicted includes a man who was falsely convicted. Stevenson covers wrongfully imprisoned people and uses his efforts to fight for their freedom. Bryan Stevenson is an acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate who has written other best-selling novels such as Five Kids and One Gun. Stevenson highlights the problems of the US criminal justice system and systematic racism. Stevenson’s efforts to build a more equal community and his experiences defending children under the age of 18 that
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It was an old hymn they used to sing all the time in the church where I grew up” (Stevenson 11).Stevenson appeals to pathos by showing later in the book with Herbert Richardson who was a death row convict he was a mentally ill man this man life could not be spared with the Supreme Court ruling over more difficult to overcome, EJI is unable to to relief for Herbert. This brings about a sense of sadness towards the reader with Herbert having his request of having a hymn playing when losing his life which Richardson death has been very devastating, the quote states “Herbert had made a peculiar request the week before the execution. He wanted me to get the prison to play a recording of a favorite hymm, as he walked to the electric chair. Now I watched the officer bring over the tape. The sad strains of the ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ began to play as they pulled Herbert away from me”. Stevenson 70 These quotes showed a lot of emotion for Stevenson. He found it shameful he didn't really know how to feel and Stevenson felt very burdened by the weight of it
It was an old hymn they used to sing all the time in the church where I grew up” (Stevenson 11).Stevenson appeals to pathos by showing later in the book with Herbert Richardson who was a death row convict he was a mentally ill man this man life could not be spared with the Supreme Court ruling over more difficult to overcome, EJI is unable to to relief for Herbert. This brings about a sense of sadness towards the reader with Herbert having his request of having a hymn playing when losing his life which Richardson death has been very devastating, the quote states “Herbert had made a peculiar request the week before the execution. He wanted me to get the prison to play a recording of a favorite hymm, as he walked to the electric chair. Now I watched the officer bring over the tape. The sad strains of the ‘The Old Rugged Cross’ began to play as they pulled Herbert away from me”. Stevenson 70 These quotes showed a lot of emotion for Stevenson. He found it shameful he didn't really know how to feel and Stevenson felt very burdened by the weight of it