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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson, attorney and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, tells the story of how he came to do his legal work, defending children, poor, and black convicts who were facing life or death row sentences after being denied a fair trial or legal representation. He follows the case of Walter McMillan, a black man in Alabama who was wrongly accused of murder, and the conspiracies against him, and hard fight it takes to establish that he should be free. Eye-opening and scary and thoughtful, this non-fiction documentation reads like a legal thriller in places, a murder mystery in others, and a call to social action and justice system overhaul overall. This was hard to put down and should be recommended reading for all. (Spiegel & Grau, 2014)
Bryan Stevenson, attorney and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, tells the story of how he came to do his legal work, defending children, poor, and black convicts who were facing life or death row sentences after being denied a fair trial or legal representation. He follows the case of Walter McMillan, a black man in Alabama who was wrongly accused of murder, and the conspiracies against him, and hard fight it takes to establish that he should be free. Eye-opening and scary and thoughtful, this non-fiction documentation reads like a legal thriller in places, a murder mystery in others, and a call to social action and justice system overhaul overall. This was hard to put down and should be recommended reading for all. (Spiegel & Grau, 2014)