A Lesson Before Dying (Chapter 1)

Reading this chapter really put me in a position to see what life really was like for blacks in the 1940's. Here you see a character by the name of Jefferson. He got sentenced with the death penalty because of a shooting a convenience store. Knowing only he side of what happened it leaves a mystery if what actual happened. I was angry at how the attorney described Jefferson and the unfair trial he was given. With no investigation, he was just given the death penalty. I also felt that Jefferson could have done something about the shooting situation, but I also understand that he was in shock and did not know what to do.

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