Just Mercy : A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson.
- 2019 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition.
- xiv, 351 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-340) and index.
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.
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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Stevenson, Bryan
Equal Justice Initiative
Social reformers--Biography Lawyers--Biography Criminal justice, Administration of--United States Discrimination in criminal justice administration--United States