STEVENSON, BRYAN : When you experience mercy . . . you begin to recognize the humanity that resides in each of us. (Bryan Stevenson, professor of law, author, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative non-profit organization, Born 1959)

STEVENSON, BRYAN : You're better off being rich and guilty in the U.S. than poor and innocent. (Bryan Stevenson, professor of law, author, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative non-profit organization, Born 1959)

STEVENSON, BRYAN : The U.S. has a criminal justice system that treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. (Bryan Stevenson, U.S. lawyer, social justice activist, founder/executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a clinical professor at New York University School of Law, Born 1959)