Civitas interns will be reading Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson as one of their many responsibilities this summer. We would like to extend the opportunity to all Civitas students to join us for our breakfast book club.
Just Mercy is a compelling, interesting read about Bryan Stevenson’s experiences helping wrongly condemned prisoners, some of whom were on death row for heinous crimes they did not commit. An especially poignant story is that of Walter McMillian, a man with no criminal history, who is sentenced to die for a murder that he has no connection to whatsoever. Walter has a list of evidence proving he had nothing to do with the murder, but a motivated police force wanting closure to a high-profile case and a testimony by a criminal wanting to reduce his own sentence for an unrelated crime, are against him. The movie version of the book is in production starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx.
- We have extra copies of Just Mercy to give out to students interested in our summer book club. Sign up below to reserve your copy!
- We’ll be meeting up at the Civitas Hub on Monday, July 1 AND Tuesday, July 2 from 9:00 am-11:00 am to discuss chapters 1-8. (You only need to attend one of these dates)
- We will be discussing the whole book on Monday, August 5 from 12:30-2:30 pm.
