Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, AL, professor of law at New York University Law School and the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Spiegel & Grau, 2015), talks about his acclaimed book (now in paperback, soon to be a motion picture) outlining his work with death row inmates in Alabama and his own story.
Now: Bryan Stevenson @eji_org, as a young lawyer, defended man sentenced to death for a murder he didn’t commit.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015
Stevenson's book 'Just Mercy' is being made into a movie -- @michaelb4jordan (of 'Fruitvale Station') will play him.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015
There's more innocent people in jail than ever before says Bryan Stevenson @eji_org. He calls it "innocence fatigue." pic.twitter.com/7BCePg1vci
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) August 27, 2015