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Author:

Stevenson, Bryan, author.

Title:

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson.

Edition:

2015 Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition.

Publisher:

Spiegel & Grau,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiv, 349 pages ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Stevenson, Bryan.
Social reformers--Biography.
Lawyers--Biography.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Equal Justice Initiative.
Stevenson, Bryan.
Social reformers--Biography.
Lawyers--Biography.
Administration of criminal justice--United States.
Equal Justice Initiative.
Autobiographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-338) and index.

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.

Summary:

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.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, February 2015
Library Journal, October 2014
Booklist starred, October 2014
Publisher's Weekly, September 2014
Kirkus Starred, September 2014
New York Times, October 2014
School Library Journal starred
Library Journal
Booklist starred

ISBN:

081298496X
9780812984965

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