Just Mercy

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Who was the first death row prisoner Bryan meets?

Henry

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Where did Stevenson go to law school?

Harvard

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How long was Stevenson's first visit with Henry supposed to be in the Introduction?

1 hr

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How long was Stevenson's visit with Henry in the Introduction?

3 hrs

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What did Judge Key say that Walter McMillian might be a part of?

Dixie Mafia

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. When was the ban on interracial marriage eliminated?

2000

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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.

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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.

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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

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Steve Bright

director of SPDC

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Tom Tate

Sheriff of Monroeville County

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Walter McMillan

innocent man sentenced to death

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Karen Kelly

married woman who had an affair with Walter

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Rhonda Morrison

murdered young woman, beloved by white community

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Ralph Meyers

disfigured, tormented man; pressured to testify against Walter

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Bill Hooks

bribed to falsely testify against Walter

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Vickie Pittman

murdered young woman from poor community

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Lourida Ruffin

killed in police custody; not given asthma inhaler

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Ted Pearson

DA for Walter's case

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Robert E. Lee Key, Jr.

judge for Walter's trial

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John Evans

botched execution; excruciating

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Eva Ansley

Stevenson's partner - EJI

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Michael Lindsey

jury gave life sentence - judge gave death penalty

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Herbert Richardson

Vietnam vet; PTSD; executed

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John Patterson

chief judge for Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals; anti-civil rights reputation

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Michael Connor

former drug addict; lawyer for EJI

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Tommy Chapman

new DA overseeing Walter's case

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Trina Garrett

abused, mentally ill, set fire that caused deaths of two boys; raped in prison

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Ian Manuel

13 year old, shot a woman in the jaw during a robbery; 18 years in solitary confinement

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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

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Clay Kast

mechanic who lowered Walter's truck for him

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Woodrow Ikner

Monroeville police officer; first at scene of the Morrison murder

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Mrs. Williams

older black woman; terrified of dogs due to being attacked during Selma march for voting rights

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Avery Jenkins

mentally handicapped man; abused growing up; killed a man during a psychotic episode

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Minnie McMillian

Walter's wife

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Pamela Baschab

new judge; set Walter free

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Marsha Colbey

gave birth to stillborn baby; convicted of murder

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Joe Sullivan

mentally handicapped man in wheelchair; life without parole at age 13

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Evan Miller

abusive past; involved in murder at 14; life without parole

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Jimmy Dill

intellectually disabled; abused; drug deal shooting where victim died 9 months later: executed

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Robert Caston

first to be released as a result of Miller v. Alabama

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Strauder v. West Virginia

excluding blacks from juries is unconstitutional

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Plessy v. Ferguson

approved segregation "separate but equal"

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Loving v. Virginia

outlawed miscegenation

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McCleskey v. Kemp

race is the greatest predictor of who gets the death penalty in the U.S.

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Brown v. Board of Education

segregation in schools declared unconstitutional

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Miller v. Alabama

EJI case - ban on mandatory life-without-parole sentences on children convicted of homicides