Quotes by : Bryan Stevenson

Walter made me understand why we have to reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat....

Embracing our brokenness creates a need and a desire for mercy and perhaps a corresponding need to show....

Today, over 50 percent of prison and jail inmates in the United States have a diagnosed mental illness,....

Walter's case taught me that fear and anger are a threat to justice; they can infect a community, a state,....

I told them that if someone tells a lie, that person is not *just* a liar. If you take something that....

[N]o lie can live forever...

Are you the sum total of your worst acts?

Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.

Fear and anger are a threat to justice. They can infect a community, a state, or a nation, and make us....

I've also represented people who have committed terrible crimes but nonetheless struggle to recover and....