How does trauma increase injustice for black Americans?

Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder pervade the cases Stevenson discusses. The injustice his clients experience has lasting effects on the condemned people and their families. Specific examples of the lasting effects of trauma include Mrs. Williams' negative reaction to the police dog brought into the courtroom during Walter's hearing, and how, after being released and living in a nursing home, Walter continually fears that he has been put back on death row.