Montgomery, AL – Montgomery attorney Bryan Stevenson has been named a winner of the 2009 Gruber Justice Prize for his longtime work representing death row inmates, indigent defendants and juveniles.
The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation announced Wednesday it was awarding the prize to Stevenson and to the European Roma Rights Center. The two winners will split the award's $500,000 cash prize.
Stevenson is founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery and is mostly known for representing death row inmates, often during the final stages of their appeals.
U.S. District Judge Bernice Donald of Tennessee said Stevenson won the award because of his work ``securing justice'' for those most likely to be discriminated against.
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