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The Resource Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson

Label
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
Title
Just mercy
Title remainder
a story of justice and redemption
Statement of responsibility
Bryan Stevenson
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
  • "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
Awards note
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, 2015 Winner
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
Nz
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Stevenson, Bryan
Dewey number
  • 353.4/8092
  • B
Index
no index present
LC call number
KF373.S743
LC item number
A3 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • Stevenson, Bryan
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • Equal Justice Initiative
  • Social reformers
  • Lawyers
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Jurist
  • Strafverfolgung
  • Rassismus
  • Todesstrafe
  • USA
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Lawyers
  • Social reformers
  • United States
  • LAW / Criminal Law / Sentencing
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology
  • Social reformers
  • Lawyers
  • Administration of criminal justice
Label
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
Link
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn877914371
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 336 pages
Isbn
9780812994520
Lccn
2014430900
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780812994520
  • (OCoLC)877914371
Label
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
Link
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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
Control code
ocn877914371
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 336 pages
Isbn
9780812994520
Lccn
2014430900
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780812994520
  • (OCoLC)877914371

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