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| b8f5b08 | We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent. I desperately wanted mercy for Jimmy Dill and would have done anything to create justice for him, but I couldn't pretend that his struggle was disconnected from my own. The ways in which I have been hurt--and have hurt others--are different from the ways Jimmy Dill suffered and cause.. | Bryan Stevenson | ||
| 4324727 | Most incarcerated women--nearly two-thirds--are in prison for nonviolent, low-level drug crimes or property crimes. Drug laws in particular have had a huge impact on the number of women sent to prison. "Three strikes" laws have also played a considerable role. I started challenging conditions of confinement at Tutwiler in the mid-1980s as a young attorney with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee. At the time, I was shocked to find wome.. | Bryan Stevenson |