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New York Times # 1 best seller Awarded Book of the Year by the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Esquire, and Time. "Bryan Stevenson is America's Young Nelson Mandela" - Desmond Tutu "Without Mercy" is a powerful, true story that denounces racism and discrimination in a society - a current problem not only in the US, but also in Europe. Thousands of people in the US and across the EU continue to face inequality, police violence and discrimination based on race, color or ethnic origin. 13-year-old children who spend years in solitary confinement, arbitrary arrests and racial prejudice by the police and judiciary, or people with mental illnesses who have been vegetating in prison for decades: these stories are everyday life in the USA. The charismatic lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who knows the ubiquitous racism well from his own experience, gives these harrowing cases from America's courtrooms and death row a voice. Bryan Stevenson grew up in the racially segregated south. His innate sense of justice made him a brilliant young lawyer, and one of his first defendants was Walter McMillian, a black man sentenced to death for the murder of a white woman - a crime he did not commit. This case changed Bryan's understanding of mercy and justice forever. "Without mercy" is: - an unforgettable account of the growing up of an idealistic lawyer; - a moving portrait of those he defended; - an important glimpse into American society; - an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of justice. Bryan Stevenson is a professor in the New York University Law School and co-founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative

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