Named a Book of the Year by the New York Times Washington Post Boston Globe Esquire & Time The US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world One in every 15 people born there today is expected to go to prison For black men this figure rises to one in 3 & Death Row is disproportionately black too Bryan Stevenson grew up poor in the racially segregated South His innate sense of justice made him a brilliant young lawyer & one of his first defendants was Walter Mc Millian a black man sentenced to die for the murder of a white woman
- a crime he insisted he didn't commit The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy political machination startling racial inequality & legal brinksmanship
- & transformed his understanding of mercy & justice forever At once an unforgettable account of an idealistic lawyer's coming of age & a moving portrait of the lives of those he has defended Just Mercy is an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice