Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralGeneral Law
Publisher Price: $30.00
ISBN13: 9780812994520
Publisher: One World
Published: Oct 21 2014
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Awards: ALA Notable Books, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence, Books for a Better Life, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Indies Choice Book Awards, Indies Choice Book Awards, In the Margins Book Award, Kirkus Prize, L.A. Times Book Prize, New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship--and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer's coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction - Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction - Winner of a Books for a Better Life Award - Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Finalist for the Kirkus Reviews Prize - An American Library Association Notable Book Every bit as moving as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so . . . a searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.--David Cole, The New York Review of Books Searing, moving . . . Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be America's Mandela.--Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times Inspiring . . . a work of style, substance and clarity . . . Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, he's also a gifted writer and storyteller.--The Washington Post As deeply moving, poignant and powerful a book as has been, and maybe ever can be, written about the death penalty.--The Financial Times Brilliant.--The Philadelphia Inquirer
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