A review by emileereadsbooks
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

 
What a powerful picture this part memoir part commentary book paints of how the War on Drugs in the US has dehumanized the people caught up in the crossfire. Barnett grew up in East Texas and watched her mother fall prey to drugs, becoming an addict and ending up in prison. This changed the trajectory of Barnett's life. She went to school to be a corporate attorney, but her life experience led her to working pro bono for several clients pursuing clemency for life sentences put in place by overly harsh drug sentencing laws. 

Barnett not only helps free her clients, but she gives them back their humanity that blanket sentencing guidelines took away from them.

Readers who learned so much from Just Mercy will add to their education by reading this title. 
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