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Получив престижное образование, молодой адвокат Брайан Стивенсон берется помогать осужденным на смертную казнь. Его подзащитные – бездомная девушка, которая случайно поджигает здание. Подросток, застреливший сожителя матери после жестоких избиений. Владелец лесопилки, у которого стопроцентное алиби, но черный цвет кожи и в прошлом внебрачная связь с белой женщиной. За их преступлениями стоят тяжелое детство, нищета, психические заболевания, роковая случайность, рассовые предрассудки или просто ложное обвинение. Брайону предстоит тяжелая борьба за свободу и справедливость против равнодушной и зачастую жестокой машины правосудия. Книга года…

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…

Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’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.

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…