
ISBN: 9780593177044 | Random House Children’s Books | Ember Democracy Now! interview with Bryan Stevenson EJI strives to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States. Through the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), an organization Stevenson founded as a young lawyer and for which he currently serves as executive director, this important work continues. criminal justice system on behalf of those in society who have experienced some type of discrimination and/or have been wrongly accused of a crime and who deserve a powerful advocate and due justice under the law. In this very personal work - proceeds of which will go to charity - Bryan Stevenson recounts many and varied stories of his work as a lawyer in the U.S. justice system, detailing from his personal experience his many challenges and efforts as a lawyer and social advocate, especially on behalf of the most rejected and marginalized people in the United States. In this young adult adaptation of the acclaimed bestselling Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice, Bryan Stevenson delves deep into the broken U.S.
