'Just Mercy' Brings Criminal Justice Reform to the Big Screen | Sojourners

'Just Mercy' Brings Criminal Justice Reform to the Big Screen

To Kill a Mockingbird and Just Mercy have notable parallels and important divergences: Like Atticus, Stevenson is defending a wrongfully accused black man from a racist community. But this time, there’s no white savior, and Stevenson isn’t going to lose the case.

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