03024cam a2200469 i 4500 340500092 TxAuBib 20180220120000.0 141212s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014430900 9780812994520 0812994523 9780812984965 081298496X (OCoLC)877914371 TxAuBib rda Stevenson, Bryan,. Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson. First edition. New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014] x, 336 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. "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"--amazon.com. Reading Counts RC High School 10. 24 Quiz: 66246. 20180220. Equal Justice Initiative. Social reformers Biography. Lawyers Biography. Criminal justice, Administration of United States. Autobiography. Autobiographies. Biography. Autobiographies. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430900-s.html Sample text https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430900-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1507/2014430900-b.html Contributor biographical information