Never Throw Away the Key: The Compassionate Radicalism of Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy

Q4 Social Sciences

Socialism and Democracy Pub Date : 2021-09-02 DOI:10.1080/08854300.2021.2101395

J. G. Ramsey

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As changing seasons give us a chance to look upon the future, far too many people in the United States are officially condemned to have their futures cut short. The most extreme of these cases are found on death row, where thousands now sit, sentenced to be executed by the state – some likely for crimes they did not even commit. To these we must add another 55,000 people who languish permanently in US prisons, sentenced to “life” without even the possibility of

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季节的变化给了我们一个展望未来的机会，但在美国，有太多的人的未来被官方宣布缩短了。这些案例中最极端的发生在死囚牢房中，现在有数千人坐着，被国家判处死刑——其中一些人可能犯下了他们根本没有犯下的罪行。除此之外，我们还必须再加上5.5万人，他们被判终身监禁，甚至没有获释的可能

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