The racial terrorism of lynchings in many.... : Quote by Bryan Stevenson

“ 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. ”

Bryan Stevenson
  • From : Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
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