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Bryan Stevenson “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”

Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption 

 Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Program 6:00 pm
Followed by a book signing

Join us at Roosevelt House for a special evening featuring the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, as we celebrate the publication of his new memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. 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.











When: Tue., Dec. 16, 2014 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Hunter College
47-49 E. 65th St.
212-396-7919
Price: Free
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Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption 

 Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Program 6:00 pm
Followed by a book signing

Join us at Roosevelt House for a special evening featuring the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative Bryan Stevenson, as we celebrate the publication of his new memoir Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. 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.

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