“The racial terrorism of lynchings in many ways created the modern death penalty. America's embrace of speedy executions was, in part, an attempt to redirect the violent energies of lynching while ensuring white southerners that black men would still pay the ultimate price.”
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Bryan Stevenson is an American lawyer, educator, and social activist known for his contributions to criminal justice reform and the defense of the rights of the poor. Born on November 14, 1959, Stevenson is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Law. more
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“If you scarify yourself in sake of people and lived for people do not wait for bright future.”
“Sacrifice is better than service. But keeping God’s commands is what counts most.”
“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me then no sacrifice is to great for me to make for Him.”
“Either I'll turn every inhumanity into ashes or I'll become ashes myself while trying.”