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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson — book cover

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

by Bryan Stevenson

Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction · 2014 · Shortlist
Spiegel & Graubiography-memoirnonfictionISBN 9780812994520

Award History

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Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction2014Shortlist

About This Book

Bryan Stevenson's memoir focuses on his work as a lawyer representing death row prisoners in Alabama, particularly the case of Walter McMillian, a Black man wrongfully convicted of murder. Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Bryan Stevenson is an American lawyer, social justice activist, and author. Born in Milton, Delaware, in 1959, he studied at Eastern University and Harvard Law School and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofit organisation based in Montgomery, Alabama, that provides legal representation to people on death row and challenges racial injustice in the American criminal justice system. Read more →

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