The Resource Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
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The item Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Morgan County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 336 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: higher ground
- Mockingbird players
- Stand
- Trials and tribulation
- The old rugged cross
- Of the coming of John
- Surely doomed
- Justice denied
- All God's children
- I'm here
- Mitigation
- I'll fly away
- Mother, mother
- Recovery
- Cruel and unusual
- Broken
- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow
- Isbn
- 9780812994520
- Label
- Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
- Title
- Just mercy
- Title remainder
- a story of justice and redemption
- Statement of responsibility
- Bryan Stevenson
- Subject
-
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueConspiracies
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Equal Justice Initiative
- trueIntersectionality
- trueJustice
- trueLawyers
- trueLawyers -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Judges and lawyers
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueMercy
- trueMinorities
- truePoverty
- trueRedemption
- trueSocial advocates
- Social reformers -- Biography
- trueSociety and culture -- Violence and crime | Criminal justice system
- Stevenson, Bryan
- trueStevenson, Bryan
- trueAlabama
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit
- Summary
- 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
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Non-Fiction, 2015.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2014.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10361391
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stevenson, Bryan
- Dewey number
-
- 353.4/8092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 1130
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- LC call number
- KF373.S743
- LC item number
- A3 2014
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1130
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Stevenson, Bryan
- Equal Justice Initiative
- Social reformers
- Lawyers
- Criminal justice, Administration of
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a story of justice and redemption
- Label
- Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: higher ground -- Mockingbird players -- Stand -- Trials and tribulation -- The old rugged cross -- Of the coming of John -- Surely doomed -- Justice denied -- All God's children -- I'm here -- Mitigation -- I'll fly away -- Mother, mother -- Recovery -- Cruel and unusual -- Broken -- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow
- Control code
- 20353189
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812994520
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn877914371
- (OCoLC)877914371
- Label
- Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption, Bryan Stevenson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: higher ground -- Mockingbird players -- Stand -- Trials and tribulation -- The old rugged cross -- Of the coming of John -- Surely doomed -- Justice denied -- All God's children -- I'm here -- Mitigation -- I'll fly away -- Mother, mother -- Recovery -- Cruel and unusual -- Broken -- The stonecatchers' song of sorrow
- Control code
- 20353189
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 336 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812994520
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn877914371
- (OCoLC)877914371
Subject
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueConspiracies
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
- Equal Justice Initiative
- trueIntersectionality
- trueJustice
- trueLawyers
- trueLawyers -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Law and order | Judges and lawyers
- trueMalicious accusation
- trueMercy
- trueMinorities
- truePoverty
- trueRedemption
- trueSocial advocates
- Social reformers -- Biography
- trueSociety and culture -- Violence and crime | Criminal justice system
- Stevenson, Bryan
- trueStevenson, Bryan
- trueAlabama
Genre
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Nonfiction
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Race and Civil Rights
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Politics and American History
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2015
- trueAndrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Social Sciences Books: 2014
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2014
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Crime and Punishment
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