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Please note: This is a summary, analysis and review of the book and not the original book.
Don't miss this summary of Bryan Stevenson's controversial and eye-opening book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. This FastReads summary provides chapter synopses, key takeaways, and analysis to help you fully digest this stunning, personal, and in-depth look at the racial injustices plaguing the American justice system.
What will you learn from listening to this book?
- Understand the history that racial discrimination plays in the modern American justice system and how this has shaped the way that minority groups and justice officials perceive and interact with each other
- Track the evolution of America's prison system and how these institutions deal with females, juveniles, the poor, and the mentally ill
- Explore the psyche of a death row inmate and the trauma that capital punishment inflicts on the convicted, the families, and the community
- Understand the attorney-client relationship, the challenges faced by both defendants and counselors, and the dangers of improper or unobtainable representation
- Learn about the history and role of victim's rights groups how these groups can help or hinder justice
- Examine the legal process, methods, and evolution of the modern execution from start to finish and the effect that media has in shaping our perception of capital punishment and the justice system at large
- Critically analyze the demographic distinctions between the incarcerated population and the US population; compare America's incarceration approach to that of other countries around the world
- Understand the roles that empathy, mercy, hope, and compassion play in the American justice system and the dangers posed by fear, bigotry, and anger
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Fearless lawyer, feminist, activist, television and radio commentator, warrior, advocate, and winner, Gloria Allred is all of these things and more. Voted by her peers as one of the best lawyers in America, and described by Time as "one of the nation's most effective advocates of family rights and feminist causes", Allred has devoted her career to fighting for civil rights across boundaries of gender, race, age, sexual orientation, and social class.
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Amazing book, amazing woman.
- De Hope en 04-05-12
De: Gloria Allred
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Chokehold
- Policing Black Men
- De: Paul Butler
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread - all with the support of judges and politicians.
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Good but not amazing
- De Andrew en 12-16-17
De: Paul Butler
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Let the Lord Sort Them
- The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty
- De: Maurice Chammah
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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In 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: The country’s death penalty system violated the Constitution. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of lynching was masked by gauzy visions of a tough-on-crime frontier. When executions resumed, Texas quickly became the nationwide leader in carrying out the punishment.
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Very Slanted
- De appreciative reader en 02-07-21
De: Maurice Chammah
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Locking Up Our Own
- Crime and Punishment in Black America
- De: James Forman Jr.
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics - and their impact on people of color - are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime.
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Outstanding Book
- De Andrew en 12-13-17
De: James Forman Jr.
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Blood in the Water
- The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
- De: Heather Ann Thompson
- Narrado por: Erin Bennett
- Duración: 22 h y 46 m
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On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with officials for improved conditions during the four long days and nights that followed. On September 13, the state abruptly sent hundreds of heavily armed troopers and correction officers to retake the prison by force. Their gunfire killed 39 men - hostages as well as prisoners.
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Tragic Events, Well-Told
- De David en 10-27-17
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At the Dark End of the Street
- Black Women, Rape, and Resistance - A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
- De: Danielle L. McGuire
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
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In this groundbreaking and important book, Danielle McGuire writes about the rape in 1944 of a 24-year-old mother and sharecropper, Recy Taylor, who strolled toward home after an evening of singing and praying at the Rock Hill Holiness Church in Abbeville, Alabama. Seven white men, armed with knives and shotguns, ordered the young woman into their green Chevrolet, raped her, and left her for dead. The president of the local NAACP branch office sent his best investigator and organizer to Abbeville. Her name was Rosa Parks.
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Difficult topic, trigger warnings apply
- De Adam Shields en 08-03-22
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The Eichmann Trial
- De: Deborah E Lipstadt
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
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The capture of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann by Israeli agents in Argentina in May of 1960 and his subsequent trial in Jerusalem by an Israeli court electrified the world. The public debate it sparked on where, how, and by whom Nazi war criminals should be brought to justice, and the international media coverage of the trial itself, was a watershed moment in how the civilized world in general and Holocaust survivors in particular found the means to deal with the legacy of genocide on a scale that had never been seen before.
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Avoid this one
- De Alan en 04-08-11
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Illusion of Justice
- Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System
- De: Jerome F. Buting
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
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Not since The Thin Blue Line has there been a true-crime saga as engrossing as Making a Murderer. Captivating audiences across demographic lines, it made Steven Avery a household name and thrust defense attorney Jerome F. Buting - and his fight against America's dysfunctional criminal justice system - into the spotlight. In Illusion of Justice, Buting uses the Avery case as a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of our law enforcement and legal systems, which he has witnessed firsthand for nearly four decades.
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Tells it like it is . . .
- De Regan Williams en 11-26-17
De: Jerome F. Buting
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Bending Toward Justice
- The Birmingham Church Bombing That Changed the Course of Civil Rights
- De: Doug Jones, Greg Truman, Rick Bragg - foreword
- Narrado por: Doug Jones
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On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, was bombed, killing four young girls. Who were the perpetrators? Due to reluctant witnesses and racial prejudice, the FBI closed the case without any indictments. But as Martin Luther King, Jr., claimed, "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Bending Toward Justice is a detailed account of this key moment in our national struggle for equality and the long road to prosecuting those responsible for the tragedy, related by an author who played a major role in the investigation.
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Great piece of History
- De rita en 03-08-19
De: Doug Jones, y otros
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Presumed Guilty
- How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
- De: Erwin Chemerinsky
- Narrado por: Perry Daniels
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
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Presumed Guilty reveals how the Supreme Court allows the perpetuation of racist policing by presuming that suspects, especially people of color, are guilty.
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Required Reading
- De Robert Bragaw en 02-26-23
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Old Sparky
- The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty
- De: Anthony Galvin
- Narrado por: Jack Reynolds
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Old Sparky covers the history of capital punishment in America and the "current wars" between Edison and Westinghouse, which led to the development of the electric chair. It examines how the electric chair became the most popular method of execution in America before being superseded by lethal injection. Famous executions are explored alongside quirky last meals and poignant last words.
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Information not a sermon.
- De Jakk en 10-24-16
De: Anthony Galvin
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To Protect and Serve
- How to Fix America's Police
- De: Norm Stamper
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
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American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. Nowhere is this more noticeable and painful than in African American and other ethnic minority communities. Racism - from raw, individualized versions to insidious systemic examples - appears to be on the rise in our police departments.
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Truth mixed with liberal rhetoric
- De Eric G. en 11-19-16
De: Norm Stamper
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Emmett Till
- The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
- De: Devery S. Anderson
- Narrado por: Brandon Church
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Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement.
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An important story narrated with power and warmth
- De R. Nance en 10-04-16
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Devil’s Knot
- The True Story of the West Memphis Three
- De: Mara Leveritt
- Narrado por: Lorna Raver
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
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“Free the West Memphis Three!” - maybe you’ve heard the phrase, but do you know why their story is so alarming? Do you know the facts? The guilty verdicts handed out to three Arkansas teens in a horrific capital murder case were popular in their home state - even upheld on appeal. But after two HBO documentaries called attention to the witch-hunt atmosphere at the trials, artists and other supporters raised concerns about the accompanying lack of evidence.
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Surprisingly disappointing
- De La Becket en 12-05-12
De: Mara Leveritt
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Summary of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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- Luis Hernandez
- 01-30-19
Narrator sounded meh, but great story!
Great story on racism in America, and the institutions where it rests on the most! Highly recommend
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- Tecireader
- 03-16-19
Just do the book
Just listen to the book the narrator of this summary is so monotone it made me sad that such great work was ruined by a poor presentation. If you don't have the patience to listen to the audio book do the version for young adults is it much shorter. I applaud Bryan Stevenson 's work for justice
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