#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE
FOXX • 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's] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and
many others and made a lasting impact on our country.-John Legend NAMED ONE OF THE MOST
INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New
York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • Esquire • 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
machination and legal brinksmanship-and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice
forever. 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. Winner of the Carnegie Medal for
Excellence in Nonfiction • Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction • Winner of a Books
for a Better Life Award • Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the
Kirkus Reviews Prize • An American Library Association Notable Book Every bit as moving as To
Kill a Mockingbird 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.-David Cole The New York Review of Books Searing moving . . . Bryan Stevenson may
indeed be America's Mandela.-Nicholas Kristof The New York Times You don'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. Just Mercy will make you upset and it will make you
hopeful.-Ted Conover The New York Times Book Review Inspiring . . . a work of style substance
and clarity . . . Stevenson is not only a great lawyer he's also a gifted writer and
storyteller.-The Washington Post As deeply moving poignant and powerful a book as has been
and maybe ever can be written about the death penalty.-The Financial Times Brilliant.-The
Philadelphia Inquirer
