Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson.
"Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship--and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer's coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice"--Amazon.com.
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama recounts his experiences as a lawyer working to assist those desperately in need, reflecting on his pursuit of the ideal of compassion in American justice.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812984965
- ISBN: 081298496X
- ISBN: 9780812994520
- ISBN: 0812994523
- ISBN: 9780812989397
- ISBN: 0812989392
- ISBN: 9780593133934
- ISBN: 0593133935
- Physical Description: x, 336 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: [First edition].
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Publisher and pagination may vary.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction : higher ground -- Mockingbird players -- Stand -- Trials and tribulation -- The old rugged cross -- Of the coming of John -- Surely doomed -- Justice denied -- All God's children -- I'm here -- Mitigation -- I'll fly away -- Mother, mother -- Recovery -- Cruel and unusual -- Broken -- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow -- Epilogue.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1130L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Reading Counts RC High School 10. 24 Quiz: 66246.
- Awards Note:
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 Winner
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| Mars Hill Library | 353.4 STE (Text) | 30229100992220 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | B Stevenson (Text) | 31010000495392 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | 353.4 S (Text) | 39493108022700 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | B Stevenson (Text) | 34269001149344 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 353.4 STE (Text) | 31111002974150 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B STEVENSON (Text) | 34208900036715 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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| Braswell Memorial Main Library | B STEVENSON (Text) | 540191011031804 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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