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“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”.“The opposite of poverty is not wealth the opposite of poverty is justice.”.

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”.

We are the only country in the world that sentences children to life imprisonment without parole.

One in three black male babies born this century is expected to be incarcerated.

“ has the highest rate of incarceration in the world.”.

The central question behind Stevenson’s work is: how and why people are judged unfairly?.

“Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment.”.

This summary also includes key lessons and important passages from the book.

My notes are informal and often contain quotes from the book as well as my own thoughts. This is my book summary of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. Simply punishing the broken only ensures that they remain broken and we do, too. The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.