I’ve been following Bryan Stevenson’s work for 15 years, and as I leave the theater after seeing JUST MERCY I’m feeling grateful that so many ppl will discover his work for the first time. It’s an important film about an important issue.
The death penalty needs to be abolished.
The death penalty needs to be abolished.
Thinking about this more since I saw the film, I’m realizing that one of the most important aspects of it is how it reveals not only that capital punishment is wrong for people who are innocent, it’s wrong for anyone. The state simply should not have the right to execute someone.
So much of the public narrative around mass incarceration is focused on “nonviolent offenders” or those who are wrongly accused.
Those stories *should* be told, but it’s important to include stories of people who did commit harm & what it means to extend mercy to them as well.
Those stories *should* be told, but it’s important to include stories of people who did commit harm & what it means to extend mercy to them as well.
