Hopelessness Is...

Just MercyA Story of Justice and Redemption

By Bryan Stevenson

The 2015-2016 UUA Common Read A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice-from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

Just Mercy

“Hopelessness is the enemy of justice.”

—Bryan Stevenson, in his 2017 Ware Lecture