“America's prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
“I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?”
― The Remains of the Day
― The Remains of the Day
“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
“You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close,”
― Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption
― Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption
“We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation. Fear and anger can make us vindictive and abusive, unjust and unfair, until we all suffer from the absence of mercy and we condemn ourselves as much as we victimize others. The closer we get to mass incarceration and extreme levels of punishment, the more I believe it's necessary to recognize that we all need mercy, we all need justice, and-perhaps-we all need some measure of unmerited grace.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
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