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Analysis Of Just Mercy By Bryan Stevenson

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Children should not be sentenced to life imprisonment for their crimes, as such sentences ignore the developmental differences between children and adults. These life sentences can have adverse long-term effects on the mental health and well-being of the child. In Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, Charlie is a 14-year-old boy seen as a perfect student despite getting sentenced for murdering his mother’s abusive boyfriend, George. He was transferred to an adult jail and seen as a target for the older adult inmates, risking Charlie’s safety. Bryan Stevenson is an attorney who studied Charlie’s case and wants to represent him. While meeting with him in a small attorney room, Charlie was primarily silent until “he finally spoke. It didn’t take me long
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