The Theme Of Racism In Bryan Stevenson's Autobiography, Just Mercy '

Nicholas Gouke
Brendle
Honors English 9
February 27th, 2023
Gouke Just Mercy Argument Essay
Have you ever experienced racism? The Autobiography, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson published in 2014 shows his journey fighting back against racism in the Criminal Justice System. The story shows how corrupt and racist American officials were in the 1900s, and sheds light on how badly the inmates were treated and the brutality of Police and Officials at the time toward people of color.
The Government during the 1900s was against people of color. Walter McMillian was a black man who had an interracial affair with a white woman. He later had to testify in a court case, admitting the fact caused him to be hated by many white people at the time.
Later,

Years after he fell ill ¨Walter had advanced dementia, likely trauma- induced¨(Stevenson 225). Dementia caused his body and mind to deteriorate until an injury and his eventual death.
These examples regarding Walter McMillian´s life show the sad truth of law enforcement in the south during the

One example is Charlie, a small timid 14-year-old-boy convicted of killing a police officer who beat his mom. Bryan Stevenson went to meet him in prison while talking with Bryan Charlie says ¨There were three men who hurt me on the first night. They touched me and made me do things¨ (Stevenson 102).
It's a sad and horrific thing Charlie had to endure that night. It also has to be taken into consideration that children who commit these crimes should not be placed with adults as it will severely hurt their rehabilitation. In the article Juvenile Justice: Can Young Criminals Be Reformed? On Commonlit and Written by Carl Stoffers published by The New York Times Upfront December 11, 2017.
This article mentions Noah Schultz, a teen who moved out of an adult jail to a juvenile center "Most of my clients had never heard of life imprisonment without parole and had no capacity to appreciate what it would mean," (Stoffers 35-36).
These examples clearly show the mistreatment and mishandling of prisoners and knowledgeable children endured while serving their sentences. In conclusion, inmates were not properly cared for in