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.