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New York Times Bestseller | Named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Seattle Times • Esquire • Time
Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction | Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction | Winner of a Books for a Better Life Award | Finalist for the Los Angeles Book Prize | Finalist for the Kirkus Reviews Prize | An American Library Association Notable Book
本书作者布莱恩·史蒂文森( Bryan Stevenson)是阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利市平等正义运动(the Equal Justice Initiative)执行董事,同时也是纽约大学法学院的法学教授。作者将报告和评论结合,娴熟地将成功和失败的案例结合在一起。这本书的背景是以沃尔特·麦克米兰(Walter McMillian)的故事展开。这是一个无辜的黑人,他被指控1986年谋杀18岁白人女性而被判死刑。