![]() Bryan Stephenson is a lawyer working in and near Alabama. He and his nonprofit, Equal Justice Initiative, work to provide legal representation for individuals who have been wrongly sentenced to death or to life in prison. Stephenson structures the book around a single case, that of Walter McMillian, but includes many other stories as he goes. The sweeping connection between the cases in this book is that the people who are incarcerated should not be there. Walter McMillian's case alone is mind-boggling in how he was ever imprisoned to begin with. This book was recommended by a colleague when I said I wasn't too jazzed about starting the year with Reginald Rose's *totally important* Twelve Angry Men. She shared how Just Mercy had recently energized her regarding the play, so I had to give it a read. And by golly, this book is riveting. Stephenson's work is so important and his narrative is so clear that I could not help but recommend this book to more people than I have fingers. Give it a go.
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