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A man on death row, Avery Jenkins, reaches out to EJI. Stevenson writes that the inscrutable letters Avery sent him suggested serious mental illness. Stevenson finds out that Avery was convicted for killing an older man through repeated stabbing. Stevenson goes to visit Avery.
- Chapter 1
By placing the facts about Alabama’s fast-growing...
- Characters
After Bagwell’s article, death row inmates have more trouble...
- Postscript
EJI eventually won a Supreme Court case on Hinton’s behalf....
- Acknowledgements
In his acknowledgements, Stevenson begins by thanking the...
- Theme Wheel Theme Viz
How does the Theme Wheel work? Each wedge of the blue ring...
- Quotes
Walter’s sense of humor hadn’t failed him despite his six...
- Chapter 1
Summary. Chapter Twelve: Mother, Mother. Stevenson discusses Marsha Colbey, a forty-three-year-old white woman from rural Alabama who gave birth to a stillborn son one day in the bath. A nosey neighbor involved the police to investigate the absent infant. Marsha soon found herself charged with capital murder and was taken to the Julia Tutwiler ...
Just Mercy Summary and Analysis of Chapters 8 – 11. Summary. Chapter Eight: All God’s Children. Stevenson recounts the case of Trina Garnett. She was from a poor area in Chester, Pennsylvania. Trina’s father was extremely abusive to her mother, raping her and beating her. She and her siblings learned to hide from him when he was drunk and ...
Even if they are let out of prison they are still traumatized from the jail and the bad conditions. Trina's father, Walter was a former boxer whose failed career had turned him into a violent abusive alcoholic in which affected his kid. Her mom's death, abuse, and the desperate circumstances exacerbated trina's emotional and mental health problems.
The guard reveals that he was a foster child too, and hearing Avery’s history made him realize how angry he still is about the abuse he suffered. He thanks Stevenson for the work he’s doing and says that after Avery’s trial, he bought Avery a chocolate milkshake. Stevenson wins the new trial and gets Avery placed in a mental health facility.
Stevenson spends so long detailing us on his case because he wants to give us a full understanding of what really happened and all the facts that proved that Mr. McMillian was not guilty. He has to keep proving he isn't guilty. He has to keep promise that he isn't going to die on death row.
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The unnamed white guard at the prison where Avery Jenkins is held on death row. Initially, he tries to intimidate Stevenson by drawing attention to the Confederate symbols on his truck and by forcing Stevenson into an unnecessary strip search. As a child of the foster care system, he later identifies with Stevenson’s arguments about how Avery’s
