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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson.
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View onlineVan Pelt Library KF373.S7456 A3 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Bryan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stevenson, Bryan.
- Equal Justice Initiative.
- Social reformers--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Lawyers--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 336 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2014]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336).
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 Winner
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Scott fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780812994520 :
- 0812994523
- OCLC:
- 877914371
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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