布莱恩·史蒂文森在特拉华州长大。他的曾祖父母曾是弗吉尼亚州的奴隶，奴隶制的遗产影响了他的祖父母抚养他们的孩子和孙子的方式。他们特别强调信仰和教育的重要性。史蒂文森的信仰是在非洲卫理公会教堂里培养的，他在那里弹钢琴，在唱诗班中唱歌。史蒂文森就读于东学院，费城以外的一个基督教机构，然后是哈佛法学院。他为穷人辩护的重点是在大学期间，他参加了一个关于种族和贫困诉讼的密集课程。他被要求花一个月的时间与一个组织进行社会正义工作。他们把他送到乔治亚州，与南方囚犯辩护委员会合作，在那里他的第一个案子要求他与死刑犯会面。在20世纪80年代末，史蒂文森的律师事务所首先接手了沃尔特·麦克米利安的事业，他因谋杀白人妇女而被误判并判处死刑。该州的情况有很多不一致之处。他们编造了一些目击者的故事，他们说，当他犯了罪的时候，他们和沃尔特在一起，而许多目击者称他们和沃尔特在教堂的募捐活动中。法律体系决定要找一个人来为这起谋杀定罪，并决定起诉沃尔特，因为他与一位著名的白人女性的风流韵事(在这段时间内是犯罪)。这一案件的阐述使我看到了一个不幸的事实:既然检察官和警察有法律豁免权，他们在追捕正义的时候会对无辜的公民造成相当大的伤害。
新西兰财经学作业代写:布莱恩·史蒂文森
Bryan Stevenson grew up poor in Delaware. His great-grandparents had been slaves in Virginia and this legacy of slavery influenced the way his grandparents raised their children and grandchildren. They particularly emphasized the importance of faith and education. Stevenson's faith was cultivated in the African Methodist Episcopal Church where he played the piano and sang in the choir. Stevenson attended Eastern College, a Christian institution outside Philadelphia, and then Harvard Law School. His focus to defend the poor began during college when he took an intensive class on race and poverty litigation. He was required to spend a month with an organization doing social justice work. They sent him to Georgia to work with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee where his first case required him to meet with a condemned man on death row. In the late 1980's, Stevenson's legal firm first took up the cause of Walter McMillian, who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white woman. The state's case had many inconsistencies. They manufactured stories from witnesses who said they were with Walter when he committed the crime and disregarded accounts from many eyewitnesses who said they were with Walter at a church fundraiser. The legal system was determined to find someone to convict for this murder and decided Walter would be prosecuted because of his affair with a prominent white woman (a crime during this time period). The exposition of this case opened my eyes to the unfortunate fact that since prosecutors and police have legal immunity they can do considerable harm to innocent citizens when they are on the hunt for justice.
