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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| Albemarle Main Library | B Stevenson (Text) | 31010000495392 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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"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.
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.
