02884cam a2200529 i 4500 1146495077 TxAuBib 20240216120000.0 r 141212s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014430900 9780812994520 0812994523 9780812994537 0812994531 (OCoLC)883363080 TxAuBib rda Stevenson, Bryan,. Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson. [First edition]. New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014] ©2014. 1 online resource (x, 336 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336). 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. 20240216. Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 Winner. Equal Justice Initiative. Equal Justice Initiative. fast Social reformers Biography. Lawyers. Biography. Criminal justice, Administration of United States. Social reformers. fast Lawyers. fast Criminal justice, Administration of. fast United States. fast Autobiographies. lcgft Biographies. fast Autobiographies. fast Stevenson, Bryan., [First edition]. https://libproxy.library.unt.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=783128%22;%20target=%22_blank