<b><b>#1&#160;<i>NEW YORK TIMES&#160;</i>BESTSELLER &bull;&#160;<b>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX &bull;&#160;A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice&mdash;from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.<br> &ldquo;[Bryan Stevenson&rsquo;s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and made a lasting impact on our country.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;John Legend</b><br><b>NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN</b>&#160;&bull;&#160;Named One of the Best Books of the Year by <i>The New York Times &bull; The Washington Post &bull; The Boston Globe &bull; The Seattle Times &bull; Esquire &bull; Time</i></b><br></b></b><br> 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&rsquo;t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship&mdash;and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.<br> <i>Just Mercy </i>is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer&rsquo;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.<br><b>Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction &bull;&#160;Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction &bull; Winner of a Books for a Better Life Award &bull; Finalist for the <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Book Prize &bull; Finalist for the&#160;<i>Kirkus Reviews&#160;</i>Prize &bull; An American Library Association Notable Book</b><br>&ldquo;Every bit as moving as <i>To Kill a Mockingbird, </i>and in some ways more so . . . a searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;David Cole, <i>The New York Review of Books</i></b><br> &ldquo;Searing, moving . . . Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be America&rsquo;s Mandela.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Nicholas Kristof, <i>The New York Times</i></b><br> &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t have to read too long to start cheering for this man. . . . The message of this book . . . is that evil can be overcome, a difference can be made. <i>Just Mercy</i> will make you upset and it will make you hopeful.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;Ted Conover, <i>The New York Times Book Review </i></b><br> &ldquo;Inspiring . . . a work of style, substance and clarity . . . Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, he&rsquo;s also a gifted writer and storyteller.&rdquo;<b>&mdash;<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br> &ldquo;As deeply moving, poignant and powerful a book as has been, and maybe ever can be, written about the death penalty.&rdquo;<b><i>&mdash;The Financial Times</i></b><br> &ldquo;Brilliant.&rdquo;<b><i>&mdash;The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b>

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