Just Mercy

a story of justice and redemption

Hardcover, 336 pages

English language

Published Oct. 30, 2014 by Spiegel & Grau.

ISBN:
978-0-8129-9452-0
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OCLC Number:
877914371

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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.

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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.

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Subjects

  • Administration of Criminal justice
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • Lawyers
  • Social reformers
  • Legal assistance to the poor
  • Discrimination in criminal justice administration
  • Biography

Places

  • United States