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- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
Just mercy : adapted for young adults : a true story of the fight for justice
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Delacorte Press, [2018]
Physical Description
277 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of America's most rejected and marginalized people. In this very personal work--proceeds of which will go to charity--Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law. Through the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an organization Stevenson founded as a young lawyer and for which he currently serves as Executive Director, this important work continues. EJI strives to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society"--
Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Discrimination in capital punishment > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Judicial error > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Public interest law > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Lawyers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Social reformers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Sentences (Criminal procedure) > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Equality before the law > United States > Juvenile literature.
- Equal Justice Initiative > Juvenile literature.
- Stevenson, Bryan > Juvenile literature.