Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption
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.
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Bryan Stevenson Equal Justice: A great work of literature in our collection of African-American children’s books. One Bryan Stevenson’s 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.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A powerful true story, and considered a must have about the potential for mercy to redeem us and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice–from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice
[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and made a lasting impact on our country.”–John Legend
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX – Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times – The Washington Post – The Boston Globe – The Seattle Times – Esquire – Time
Table of Contents: Introduction: Higher Ground — Chapter 1. Mockingbird Players — Chapter 2. Stand — Chapter 3. Trials and Tribulation — Chapter 4. The Old Rugged Cross — Chapter 5. Of the Coming of John — Chapter 6. Surely Doomed — Chapter 7. Justice Denied — Chapter 8. All God’s Children — Chapter 9. I’m Here — Chapter 10. Mitigation — Chapter 11. I’ll Fly Away — Chapter 12. Mother Mother — Chapter 13. Recovery — Chapter 14. Cruel and Unusual — Chapter 15. Broken — Chapter 16. The Stone catchers* Song of Sorrow — Epilogue — Acknowledgments — Author’s Note — Notes.” – publisher
368 pages
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