Just Mercy: a story of justice and redemption - Couverture souple

Stevenson, Bryan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925228312 ISBN 13 : 9781925228311

Editeur : Scribe Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Named a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Esquire, and Time The US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. One in every 15 people born there today is expected to go to prison. For black men this figure rises to one in 3. And Death Row is disproportionately black, too. Bryan Stevenson grew up poor in the racially segregated South. His innate sense of justice made him a brilliant young lawyer, and one of his first defendants was Walter McMillian, a black man sentenced to die for the murder of a white woman - a crime he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, startling racial inequality, and legal brinksmanship - and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever. At once an unforgettable account of an idealistic lawyer's coming of age and a moving portrait of the lives of those he has defended, Just Mercy is an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bryan Stevenson is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York University Law School. He has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, argued five times before the Supreme Court, and won national acclaim for his work challenging bias against the poor and people of colour. He has received numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Grant.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribe Publications
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925228312
• ISBN 13: 9781925228311
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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