Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson.
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TextCopyright date: ♭2014Edition: First editionDescription: x, 336 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780812994520Subject(s): 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 StatesDDC classification: 353.4/8092 | B LOC classification: KF373.S743 | A3 2014| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | B STEV (Browse shelf) | Available | 35471 |
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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