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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption / Bryan Stevenson.
Publication details: Brunswick : Scribe Publications ; Scoresby : Penguin Group Australia [Distributor] 2015.Description: 336 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781925106381
- 1925106381
- Stevenson, Bryan
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Public defenders
- Judicial error
- Social reformers -- Biography
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration
- Legal assistance to the poor
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States
- Legal assistance to the poor -- United States
- Public defenders -- United States
- Lawyers -- Biography
- Social reformers -- Biography
- Social reformers -- Biography
- Judicial error -- United States
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- United States
- 362.586 23
Contents:
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.
Introduction: Higher ground -- 1. Mockingbird players -- 2. Stand -- 3. Trials and tribulation -- 4. The old rugged cross -- 5. Of the coming of John -- 6. Surely doomed -- 7. Justice denied -- 8. All God's children -- 9. I'm here -- 10. Mitigation -- 11. I'll fly away -- 12. Mother, mother -- 13. Recovery -- 14. Cruel and unusual -- 15. Broken -- 16. The stonecatcher's song of sorrow.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 362.586 STE | Available | 058812 |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: Higher ground -- 1. Mockingbird players -- 2. Stand -- 3. Trials and tribulation -- 4. The old rugged cross -- 5. Of the coming of John -- 6. Surely doomed -- 7. Justice denied -- 8. All God's children -- 9. I'm here -- 10. Mitigation -- 11. I'll fly away -- 12. Mother, mother -- 13. Recovery -- 14. Cruel and unusual -- 15. Broken -- 16. The stonecatcher's 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.
