The Sun Does Shine

This book is as hopeful as it is heartwrenching, but it's also a testament to the incredible human ability to persist and endure for the truth. Also, Alabama courts have elevated systemic racism to an unspeakable horror that leaves me breathless. One in ten inmates on death row are statistically innocent, yet courts tried everything in their power not to hear appeals on what should've been a mistrial. People can serve their time, but the death penalty shouldn't exist. Full stop.

I started reading this for the No Dumb Question's Podcast Book Club on my commute home yesterday. I literally could not stop. Some books are just captivating, and this is one of them. Without a doubt, this is my favorite book I've read this year. Even though there's still more than half of the year left, I don't think anything else I read this year is going to top it. Seriously, go read it. More people need to know how awful the death penalty is.

Wow, what an awesome book. I need to do a full review on this, but the long and short of this is that this book was incredibly enlightening. It may have changed my personal position on the death penalty. If you aren't sure about this one, definitely pick it up and read it. Very well written. Humorous despite the dark topic. But totally worth the time.

This is an amazing story that I wish were more unbelievable. Unfortunately, there are too many examples. This one just happens to be an extreme case. The United States should abolish the death penalty, not just because the justice system makes too many mistakes like this, but because it is inhumane. In the meantime, let's remove bias from the system.

A powerful, emotional read. It's not every day we get to see life from a side we wouldn't ordinarily know. Experiencing the unimaginable is powerful because we tend to not believe what we can't imagine. When we do, and we know what we didn't before, we can't undo such knowing. Awareness is powerful, as is Understanding, both which don't always come easy. This amazing story, well delivered, adds to us human beings, providing a Perspective on the human condition which extends us as people. “The moment we treat others as less than human, that's the moment we become monsters.” A quote which comes to mind for me to represent a deep Understanding from the book. A sharing of intimacy-of-being well worth reading.