

“The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.”
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
― Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

“If any experience in your past is defining you today—other than your salvation experience—then you have serious work to do.”
― The Blessings of Brokenness: Why God Allows Us to Go Through Hard Times
― The Blessings of Brokenness: Why God Allows Us to Go Through Hard Times

“Why do we want to kill all the broken people?”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy

“[W]e would never think it was humane to pay someone to rape people convicted of rape, or assault and abuse someone guilty of assault or abuse. Yet we were comfortable killing people who kill in part because we think we can do it in a manner that doesn’t implicate our own humanity the way that raping or abusing someone would. I couldn’t stop thinking that we don’t spend much time contemplating the details of what killing someone actually involves.”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy

“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Just Mercy
― Just Mercy
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