Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption

Book 2019

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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Criminal justice, Administration of United States

Discrimination in criminal justice administration United States

Equal Justice Initiative

Judicial error United States

Lawyers Biography

Legal assistance to the poor United States

Public defenders United States

Social reformers Biography

Stevenson, Bryan

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ISBN:

9780812994520
9780812984965
9780593133934
9780525580065
0812994523
081298496X
0525580069

Description:

x, 336 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:

Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary
Includes bibliographical references
Dayton Literary Peace Prize

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

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2871005

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