Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption /
Bryan Stevenson.
- First edition.
- New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014]
- x, 336 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336).
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. Judicial error--United States. Legal assistance to the poor--United States. Public defenders--United States.