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Analysis Of Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson

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Our book was Just Mercy and our book shows that one person can make a difference. One example of Bryan Stevenson making making a difference is when he goes out to Atlanta and makes an organization calls EJI for short. This organization that he makes helps people who are imprisoned. Along the way he finds other lawyers wanting to help the imprisoned people as well so it grows his organization making it so they can help more people. Stevenson uses in saddening imagery, dialogue, and secondary sources to make the reader connect with the stories of the victims he helps. When he uses the secondary sources to give statistics he is making the reader see how widespread the injustice in our justice system is. My role in the group presentation was
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