Memoir Analysis Essay
January 18th, 2023
Analysis Essay based off the book “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson. Integrate quotes from the memoir and any other sources you use in your essay to support your position. Prompt: Stevenson tells us immature brains and childhood experiences contribute to criminal behavior in juveniles. Should children ever be prosecuted as adults or receive life in prison sentences? To support your thesis, discuss specific cases that led Stevenson to believe that brain development and negative or traumatic childhood experiences contribute to criminal behavior in juveniles. Explain how adolescent brains differ from adults’ brain sand how that could lead to criminal behavior. Discuss some specific examples from the memoir.