Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
AUTHOR:
Stevenson, Bryan.
ISBN:
9780812984965
EDITION:
Spiegel & Grau trade paperback edition.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
xiv, 349 p. ; 21 cm
ABSTRACT:
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.
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.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
CORPORATE_SUBJECT:
SUBJECT:
| Lawyers -- United States -- Biography. |
| Social reformers -- United States -- Biography. |
| Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States. |
| Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States. |
| Legal assistance to the poor -- United States. |
| Stevenson, Bryan. |
| Equal Justice Initiative. |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.
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.