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Stevenson argued a case in Supreme Court in 2012 that banned mandatory life-imprisonment-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger. He told sto...
Buy the DVD or stream anytime About the Film. True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality follows 30 years of EJI’s work on behalf of the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned.
Aug 15, 2016 · In 1989, a twenty-nine-year-old African-American civil-rights lawyer named Bryan Stevenson moved to Montgomery, Alabama, and founded an organization that became the Equal Justice Initiative.
Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons.
Jun 4, 2021 · MIT celebrated its 2021 Commencement in an online ceremony featuring taped tributes from around the world to the Class of 2021, a musical composition created specially for the event, and a moving and deeply personal address from civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
Bryan Stevenson is a civil rights lawyer, who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of criminal justice reform, racial equality, and opposing the historical legacy of institutional racism in the United States.
Oct 20, 2014 · Bryan Stevenson takes on cases to exonerate people wrongfully convicted. "One of the things that pains me is we have so tragically underestimated the trauma, the hardship we create in this country ...
