Just Mercy and the Equal Justice Initiative
Nov 1, 2015 19:53:51 #
18 years in solitary confinement, can you imagine?
We break them, we abandon them, we ignore them, and then when our children act out we toss them into adult jails and stick them in a single, tiny cell because they were out of control? Well no, because we want to protect them from adult predators. Children so small that there is no prison uniform that will fit.
What is wrong with us?
Walter McMillian, held on death row, as he was found guilty on circumstantial evidence. Finally, six years after putting convicted his conviction was overturned. The judge in this case made sure Mr. McMillian was given the death sentence despite testimony that he was at a church sponsored event.
What is wrong with us?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson.html?_r=0
We break them, we abandon them, we ignore them, and then when our children act out we toss them into adult jails and stick them in a single, tiny cell because they were out of control? Well no, because we want to protect them from adult predators. Children so small that there is no prison uniform that will fit.
What is wrong with us?
Walter McMillian, held on death row, as he was found guilty on circumstantial evidence. Finally, six years after putting convicted his conviction was overturned. The judge in this case made sure Mr. McMillian was given the death sentence despite testimony that he was at a church sponsored event.
What is wrong with us?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/books/review/just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson.html?_r=0
Nov 1, 2015 20:38:24 #
jelun wrote:
18 years in solitary confinement, can you imagine?... (show quote)
he should have been put to death the next day.
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