,'s memoir, depicts the
story of Stevenson's establishment of his work in law and his founding of the Equal Justice
Initiative, which seeks to provide just treatment for all caught up in the court system. The
book flows chronologically through Stevenson's beginning years as a lawyer during the 1980s and
1990s. Although several cases are discussed within the book, each pointing to the unjust
treatment of people of color, people of low socioeconomic status, and people with mental health
problems by the courts, the book centers mainly on the case of Walter McMillian. McMillian was
condemned for killing a white woman in his hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, with very
little...
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What is a summary of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson?
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