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Who was the first death row prisoner Bryan meets?
Henry
Where did Stevenson go to law school?
Harvard
How long was Stevenson's first visit with Henry supposed to be in the Introduction?
1 hr
How long was Stevenson's visit with Henry in the Introduction?
3 hrs
What did Judge Key say that Walter McMillian might be a part of?
Dixie Mafia
. When was the ban on interracial marriage eliminated?
2000
What type of business did Walter McMillian establish and how well did it prosper?
When sharecropping was less available, McMillian started his own pulpwood business. He borrowed money for his own power saw, tractor, and pulpwood truck. His business did not make a lot of money, but it gave him independence.
What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?
In 1986, Ronda Morrison, the young daughter of a respected local family was found dead on the floor of Monroe Cleaners, the shop where she worked. She had been shot in the back three times.
How did Bryan Stevenson's interaction with Henry leave a permanent impact on him?
Bryan Stevenson used that event as an inspiration to committing towards helping death row prisoners, AND changing his point-of-view and understanding of human potential, redemption, and hopefulness
Steve Bright
director of SPDC
Tom Tate
Sheriff of Monroeville County
Walter McMillan
innocent man sentenced to death
Karen Kelly
married woman who had an affair with Walter
Rhonda Morrison
murdered young woman, beloved by white community
Ralph Meyers
disfigured, tormented man; pressured to testify against Walter
Bill Hooks
bribed to falsely testify against Walter
Vickie Pittman
murdered young woman from poor community
Lourida Ruffin
killed in police custody; not given asthma inhaler
Ted Pearson
DA for Walter's case
Robert E. Lee Key, Jr.
judge for Walter's trial
John Evans
botched execution; excruciating
Eva Ansley
Stevenson's partner - EJI
Michael Lindsey
jury gave life sentence - judge gave death penalty
Herbert Richardson
Vietnam vet; PTSD; executed
John Patterson
chief judge for Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals; anti-civil rights reputation
Michael Connor
former drug addict; lawyer for EJI
Tommy Chapman
new DA overseeing Walter's case
Trina Garrett
abused, mentally ill, set fire that caused deaths of two boys; raped in prison
Ian Manuel
13 year old, shot a woman in the jaw during a robbery; 18 years in solitary confinement
Antonio Nunez
abused child, shot in street; brother shot dead; youngest person in U.S. to receive life imprison when no one was physically injured
Clay Kast
mechanic who lowered Walter's truck for him
Woodrow Ikner
Monroeville police officer; first at scene of the Morrison murder
Mrs. Williams
older black woman; terrified of dogs due to being attacked during Selma march for voting rights
Avery Jenkins
mentally handicapped man; abused growing up; killed a man during a psychotic episode
Minnie McMillian
Walter's wife
Pamela Baschab
new judge; set Walter free
Marsha Colbey
gave birth to stillborn baby; convicted of murder
Joe Sullivan
mentally handicapped man in wheelchair; life without parole at age 13
Evan Miller
abusive past; involved in murder at 14; life without parole
Jimmy Dill
intellectually disabled; abused; drug deal shooting where victim died 9 months later: executed
Robert Caston
first to be released as a result of Miller v. Alabama
Strauder v. West Virginia
excluding blacks from juries is unconstitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
approved segregation "separate but equal"
Loving v. Virginia
outlawed miscegenation
McCleskey v. Kemp
race is the greatest predictor of who gets the death penalty in the U.S.
Brown v. Board of Education
segregation in schools declared unconstitutional
Miller v. Alabama
EJI case - ban on mandatory life-without-parole sentences on children convicted of homicides