Just Mercy. The Story of the Lawyer Who Saved Those No One Believed Would Escape the Death Penalty

One of the most influential books of the decade according to CNN. Winner of numerous international literary awards. 24,000 reviews on Amazon. Book of the Year according to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Esquire, Time. In 2019, a movie adaptation was released - the film “Just Mercy” starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx in the lead roles. Rights acquired by 13 countries. Bryan Stevenson - a young lawyer who helps the desperate: the poor, the wrongfully convicted, as well as women and children who are harshly condemned without understanding the essence of the crime. Spending much time with death row inmates who have lost all hope, he arrived at a simple truth. Every person is more than the worst thing they have ever done. Stevenson tells the story of Walter McMillian, a young man convicted of a notorious murder he did not commit. This case shows how sometimes political machinations go against justice, and it doesn't matter how many innocent people suffer in the process. “The book is as moving as To Kill a Mockingbird, only all of this is also true.” - The New York Review “The justice system often rushes to deliver verdicts and punish, especially when it concerns those at the bottom of the social ladder. Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer and human rights advocate, is not willing to accept this bias. His story shows how judicial errors break lives and why it is so important to fight for your beliefs. It is easy to condemn, showing mercy is much harder, but true justice is impossible without humanity.” - Natalia Skornyakova, editor of Lifehacker “These memoirs evoke both delight and a wrenching sense of injustice. For decades, Bryan Stevenson has fought against judges, prosecutors, and police on behalf of Black individuals and people from lower social strata. Injustice is easily overlooked when it affects those who are different from us. This book opens the eyes to.”