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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson — WisdomDeck honest review
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Just Mercy

by Bryan Stevenson

Stevenson's cases defending the condemned, centered on Walter McMillian, wrongly sentenced to death. On mercy, proximity and brokenness. Widely read and deservedly.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Get proximate.
  2. Each of us is more than the worst thing we have done.
  3. Mercy is justice's partner.

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Stevenson's cases.

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