Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson is a public-interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. He’s the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, an Alabama-based group that has won major legal challenges eliminating excessive and unfair sentencing, exonerating innocent prisoners on death row, confronting abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill, and aiding children prosecuted as adults. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School and the Harvard School of Government, and has been awarded 14 honorary doctorate degrees. He is being awarded an Honorary degree by the University of Oxford at Encaenia 2017. Bryan is the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, #1 New York Times Bestseller
and winner of the Carnegie Award for non fiction.

Desmond Tutu: “Justice needs champions, and Bryan Stevenson is such a champion. His courage and commitment contributed to the abolition of the death penalty for juveniles, and he is working tirelessly to end life sentences for adults convicted of crimes committed in their youth.”

Lecture followed by afternoon tea at St Anne’s College. All are welcome to attend.