Bryan Stevenson

Uma história verdadeira e emocionante. 3 anos na lista de mais vendidos do New York Times e em breve nos cinemas, em filme estrelado por Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx e Brie Larson.Bryan Stevenson era um jovem advogado quando fundou o "Equal Justice Initiative" (Iniciativa pela Justiça Igualitaria), um escritorio de advocacia dedicado a defesa daqueles mais necessitados e em desespero: o pobre, o condenado erroneamente, alem de mulheres e crianças refens do sistema de justiça criminal. Um de seus primeiros casos foi o de Walter McMillian, um jovem sentenciado a morte por um notorio assassinato que insistentemente alegava no ter cometido. O caso colocou Bryan dentro de uma teia de conspiraço, intriga politica e manipulaço dos limites legais - e transformou para sempre sua compreenso sobre compaixo e justiça.Compaixo e simultaneamente a historia do amadurecimento de um advogado talentoso e idealista, os dramas vividos por aqueles que ele defendeu e um argumento inspirado pela compaixo na busca da verdadeira justiça."Bryan Stevenson e o Nelson Mandela americano." Desmond Tutu, Premio Nobel da Paz#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Uma historia verdadeira e poderosa sobre o potencial da compaixo como forma de redenço e um clamor para aprimoramento do sistema legal - por um dos mais brilhantes e influentes advogados de nosso tempo.Vencedor do premios Carnegie Medal for Excellence em No-Ficço NAACP Image Award para No-Ficço Books for a Better Life Award Finalista dos premios Los Angeles Times Book Prize Kirkus Reviews Prize An American Library Association Notable BookNomeado como um dos melhores livros do ano pelo The New York Times The Washington Post The Boston Globe The Seattle Times Esquire Time

Bryan Stevenson's incredible fight to end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality comes to life in this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson.In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so--renowned lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom as the founder of the Equal Justice Initiative.Stevenson's story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society--the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice.A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to charity to help in Stevenson's important work to benefit the voiceless and the vulnerable as they attempt to navigate the broken U.S. justice system.

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature!In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so"--acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom.Stevensons story is one of working to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society--the poor, the wrongly convicted, and those whose lives have been marked by discrimination and marginalization. Through this adaptation, young people of today will find themselves called to action and compassion in the pursuit of justice. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to charity to help in Stevensons important work to benefit the voiceless and the vulnerable as they attempt to navigate the broken U.S. justice system.A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEARA BOOKLIST EDITORS CHOICEFEATURED ON CBS THIS MORNINGA NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEARPRAISE FOR JUST MERCY: A TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE:"Its really exciting that young people are getting a version tailored for them." --Salon"A deeply moving collage of true stories. . . . This is required reading." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Compassionate and compelling, Stevensons narrative is also unforgettable." --Booklist, starred reviewPRAISE FOR JUST MERCY: A STORY OF JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION:"Gripping. . . . What hangs in the balance is nothing less than the soul of a great nation." --DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate"Important and compelling." --Pulitzer Prize-winning author TRACY KIDDER"Inspiring and powerful." --#1 New York Times bestselling author JOHN GRISHAM

#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 justicefrom one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.[Bryan Stevensons] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has inspired me and many others and made a lasting impact on our country.John LegendNAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURYA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Esquire, TimeBryan 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 didnt commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanshipand transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyers 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 BookEvery 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 BooksSearing, moving . . . Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be Americas Mandela.Nicholas Kristof, The New York TimesInspiring . . . a work of style, substance and clarity . . . Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, hes also a gifted writer and storyteller.The Washington PostAs deeply moving, poignant and powerful a book as has been, and maybe ever can be, written about the death penalty.The Financial TimesBrilliant.The Philadelphia Inquirer

El día en que Ronda Morrison, una mujer blanca, fue asesinada en Monroeville, Alabama, en noviembre de 1986, Walter McMillian, un hombre afroamericano, se encontraba en su casa, junto a su familia. Docenas de personas, incluido un agente de policia, lo vieron alli y podian corroborar su coartada. Y, aun asi, en 1989, tras un juicio que duro un dia y medio y en el que varios testigos fueron coaccionados para acusarle, McMillian fue condenado a muerte por asesinato.Bryan Stevenson fundaba por aquel entonces la Iniciativa por la Igualdad de la Justicia, un bufete de abogados dedicado a defender a los que mas lo necesitan: los pobres, los niños, los condenados injustamente, los atrapados en los confines del sistema judicial de Estados Unidos. El de McMillian fue uno de sus primeros casos, y le llevaria por un entramado de maquinaciones politicas y racismo estructural que transformaria para siempre su forma de entender la justicia.

«El libro más profundamente conmovedor, incisivo y potente que se ha escrito y quizá se escriba nunca sobre la pena de muerte». Financial TimesEl día en que Ronda Morrison, una mujer blanca, fue ases

El caso de Walter McMillian descubrió al abogado Bryan Stevenson un entramado de maquinaciones políticas y racismo estructural en Estados Unidos.El día en que Ronda Morrison, una mujer blanca, fue asesinada en Monroeville, Alabama, en noviembre de 1986, Walter McMillian, un hombre afroamericano, se encontraba en su casa, junto a su familia. Docenas de personas, incluido un agente de policia, lo vieron alli y podian corroborar su coartada. Y, aun asi, en 1989, tras un juicio que duro un dia y medio y en el que varios testigos fueron coaccionados para acusarle, McMillian fue condenado a muerte por asesinato.Bryan Stevenson fundaba por aquel entonces la Iniciativa por la Igualdad de la Justicia, un bufete de abogados dedicado a defender a los que mas lo necesitan: los pobres, los niños, los condenados injustamente, los atrapados en los confines del sistema judicial de Estados Unidos. El de McMillian fue uno de sus primeros casos, y le llevaria por un entramado de maquinaciones politicas y racismo estructural que transformaria para siempre su forma de entender la justicia.