Stevenson, Bryan.
JUST MERCY : ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULTS : A TRUE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
New York : Delacorte, 2018
IL YA
ISBN 9780525580034

Imagine spending a night in a five-by-seven-foot cell on death row for a terrible crime … a crime that you did not commit. One night becomes a month, a month becomes a year, and one year becomes five years. Can you prove your innocence and clear your name before it is too late? This waking nightmare became reality for Walter McMillian, an Alabama man unjustly sentenced to death for a brutal murder. Luckily for Walter, lawyer Bryan Stevenson took his case and fought tirelessly to clear his client’s name. But the appeals process is slow and complicated, and the clock is ticking … In Just Mercy, Stevenson alternates Walter’s story with the stories of other clients on death row, prisoners with disabilities, and children locked up in adult prisons. He also reminds readers that “each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” This book is a perfect choice for fans of nonfiction, true crime, and The Hate U Give. (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2019-2020)