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Stevenson, Bryan,.
Just mercy :
a story of justice and redemption /
Bryan Stevenson.
First edition.
New York :
Spiegel & Grau,
[2014]
℗2014.
x, 336 pages ;
25 cm.
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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.