Just Mercy

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Epilogue Postscript Acknowledgements Author’s Note

Themes

All Themes Resistance and Advocacy Systemic Power, Oppression, and Dehumanization Empathy, Mercy, and Humanization Media and Public Opinion

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Bryan Stevenson Walter McMillian Ralph Myers Steve Bright Henry Stevenson’s grandmother Judge Robert E. Lee Key Harper Lee Minnie McMillian Karen Kelly Ronda Morrison Sheriff Tom Tate Vickie Pittman The older man in the wheelchair Simon Benson J.L. Chestnut and Bruce Boynton District Attorney Ted Pearson Michael Lindsey Herbert Richardson District Attorney Tom Chapman Charlie Ian Manuel Antonio Núñez Trina Garrett George Stinney Mrs. Williams George Daniel “The white guard” Marsha Colbey Joe Sullivan Anthony Ray Hinton

Terms

All Terms Southern Prisoners Defense Committee (SPDC) Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Jim Crow Post-Reconstruction Era Reconstruction Era Alabama Bureau of Investigations Attica Prison Riots The Old Rugged Cross Confederates Retrial Direct Appeal Postconviction Collateral appeal Rule 32 Petition Voting Rights Protests of 1965 (Selma-to-Montgomery Marches)

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Epilogue
Postscript
Acknowledgements
Author’s Note

Themes

All Themes
Resistance and Advocacy
Systemic Power, Oppression, and Dehumanization
Empathy, Mercy, and Humanization
Media and Public Opinion

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Bryan Stevenson
Walter McMillian
Ralph Myers
Steve Bright
Henry
Stevenson’s grandmother
Judge Robert E. Lee Key
Harper Lee
Minnie McMillian
Karen Kelly
Ronda Morrison
Sheriff Tom Tate
Vickie Pittman
The older man in the wheelchair
Simon Benson
J.L. Chestnut and Bruce Boynton
District Attorney Ted Pearson
Michael Lindsey
Herbert Richardson
District Attorney Tom Chapman
Charlie
Ian Manuel
Antonio Núñez
Trina Garrett
George Stinney
Mrs. Williams
George Daniel
“The white guard”
Marsha Colbey
Joe Sullivan
Anthony Ray Hinton

Terms

All Terms
Southern Prisoners Defense Committee (SPDC)
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
Jim Crow
Post-Reconstruction Era
Reconstruction Era
Alabama Bureau of Investigations
Attica Prison Riots
The Old Rugged Cross
Confederates
Retrial
Direct Appeal
Postconviction Collateral appeal
Rule 32 Petition
Voting Rights Protests of 1965 (Selma-to-Montgomery Marches)

Symbols

All Symbols
To Kill a Mockingbird
Songs/ Hymns

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