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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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110000 |
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A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time 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... |
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1130L Lexile |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Read by the author. |
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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. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Stevenson, Bryan.
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Stevenson, Bryan. |
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Equal Justice Initiative.
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Equal Justice Initiative. |
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Social reformers -- Biography.
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Lawyers -- Biography.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Overdrive.
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Overdrive -- Adult -- Biography.
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography.
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African American lawyers -- Biography.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
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Discrimination in capital punishment -- United States.
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Judicial error -- United States.
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Public interest law -- United States.
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audiobooks.
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Nonfiction. |
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Law. |
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Politics. |
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Sociology. |
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African American lawyers. |
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Audiobooks. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Discrimination in capital punishment. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Judicial error. |
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Public interest law. |
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Social reformers. |
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United States. |
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Audiobooks.
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Stevenson, Bryan. Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption New York, New York : Random House Audio, [2014] 9780553550603 (NjBwBT)bl2014039319 (OCoLC)875246893 |
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9780553550634 : $95.00 |
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0553550632 : $95.00 |
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