I feel that this case affect everyone in showing them how corrupt or legal system really can be. Also the jury just ignored Mr Walters alibis which is very wrong toward Walter. Walter was wrongly convicted of killing a women and was sentenced to death, State’s witnesses blatantly lied on the stand and the prosecution had illegally suppressed exculpatory evidence. This event really showed how the legal system was straight up racist towards Walter because he was a man of color. In the novel Just Mercy there were very many really important events but the one that I felt the most close to was the one with Walter McMillian. The quote states, “”America’s prisons have become warehouses for the mentally ill.”” This quote in fact opened my eyes to all the problems with america just throwing mentally disabled people into prisons were they cant get the help they truly need. Lastly is at the top of chapter 10 starts of with a line that is a problem nowadays and i feel that this must be taken care of because many people with these problems require help and not just to rot in prisons. The quote from Just mercy that really shows that is, “”capital punishment means ‘them without the capital get the punishment.”” This quote from the intro on page 2 means you will never see someone with a lot of money on death row or even long jail time. The second thing that really stood out to me was the fact that many of the people were poor people trying to get by in life and are having to go through all this jail due to there financial problems. In the intro on page 10 one quote really stood out to me and will always stick with me me, “”The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”” This quote shows that not everyone is who they say they are rather by the actions that they take.

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