ABOUT THE EVENT
Books on Tap, Phoenixville Public Library’s book discussion group for adults in their 20s and 30s, will meet virtually on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:30 PM. The group will discuss Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson. The book is a true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America. Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, AL, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned. One of EJI’s first clients was Walter McMillian, a young black man who was sentenced to die for the murder, he did not commit, of a young white woman. The case exemplifies how the death penalty in America is a direct descendant of lynching–a system that treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent. A copy of the book may be reserved at www.ccls.org. An eBook and an eAudiobook copy may be reserved at chester.overdrive.com.
This event is free and open to the public and will be held online/by phone via Zoom. E-mail Christine Shaffer at shaffer.m.christine@gmail.com to receive an invitation to this event and for more information.
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