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Bryan Stevenson
Defending people facing severe punishment and founding the Equal Justice Initiative.
Walter McMillian case · Just Mercy
- Born
- 14 November 1959
- Birthplace
- Milton, Delaware, United States
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Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson is an American lawyer and author whose work examines racial injustice, wrongful convictions and punishment.
Early life
Delaware childhood
Grew up in a community shaped by racial segregation.
Legal education
Studied at Eastern University and Harvard.
Career
- 1980s
Capital defence
Began representing people sentenced to death in the American South.
- 1989
Equal Justice Initiative
Founded the Alabama-based organisation.
- 2010s onward
Public history
Expanded work into books, museums and memorials.
Cases & projects
Walter McMillian case
Helped secure the release of a wrongly convicted man.
Just Mercy
Published a memoir of legal advocacy.
Memorial and museum
Opened institutions examining slavery, lynching and mass incarceration.
Beyond legal practice
Teaching
Has taught law at New York University.
Historical work
Connects present-day justice questions with the history of racial violence.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: The White House. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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