trade paperback, 349 pages
English language
Published Oct. 31, 2015 by Spiegel & Grau.
FROM ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT AND INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS ofour time comes an unforgettable true story about the redeeming potential of mercy. Bryan Stevenson was a gifted young attorney when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending the poor, the wrongly condemned, and those trapped in the furthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man sentenced to die for a notorious murder he didn't commit. The case drew Stevenson into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. --back cover
Bryan Stevenson is a social justice lawyer fighting for death row prisoners as the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. Through the courts, he fought to remove innocent people from death row including children tried as adults, women falsely accused of killing their stillborn children, and police departments finding a scapegoat to appease white citizens.
