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| Genre/Form: | Autobiographies Narrative non-fiction Biographies Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Stevenson, Bryan. Just mercy. (OCoLC)1224353266 |
| Named Person: | Bryan Stevenson |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bryan Stevenson |
| ISBN: | 9780812994520 0812994523 9780812984965 081298496X 0812994531 9780812994537 |
| OCLC Number: | 877914371 |
| Awards: | Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 Winner |
| Description: | x, 336 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Bryan Stevenson. |
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Abstract:
"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.
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- Equal Justice Initiative.
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