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Directed by: Destin Daniel Cretton

Genre: Drama
2019
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner
Michael B. Jordan

Who cares if they are the same stories. they are still out. La voie de la justice watch full game. He MADE himself laugh so not to hinder his client in anyway 👌👍 what a smart Guy 😤💯🙏♥️♥️♥️. Why did I smile, the entire time I watched this. Dude kind of has a permanent smile, its contagious. Just Mercy Theatrical release poster Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Produced by Gil Netter Asher Goldstein Michael B. Jordan Screenplay by Destin Daniel Cretton Andrew Lanham Based on Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (2014) by Bryan Stevenson Starring Jamie Foxx Rob Morgan Tim Blake Nelson Rafe Spall Brie Larson Music by Joel P. West Cinematography Brett Pawlak Edited by Nat Sanders Production company Endeavor Content One Community Participant Media Macro Media Gil Netter Productions Outlier Society Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date September 6, 2019 ( TIFF) December 25, 2019 (United States) Running time 136 minutes [1] Country United States Language English Box office 34. 8 million [2] 3] Just Mercy is a 2019 American legal drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, and starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. It tells the true story of Walter McMillian, who, with the help of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson, appeals his murder conviction. The film is based on the memoir of the same name, written by Stevenson. [4] Just Mercy had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019, and was theatrically released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 25, 2019. The film received positive reviews from critics, and Foxx received a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role at the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards. Plot [ edit] In 1989, idealistic young Harvard law graduate Bryan Stevenson travels to Alabama hoping to help fight for poor people who cannot afford proper legal representation. He meets with Eva Ansley and founds the Equal Justice Initiative, then travels to a prison to meet its death row inmates. He meets Walter "Johnny D. McMillian, an African-American man who was convicted of the 1986 murder of Ronda Morrison. Bryan looks over the evidence in the case and discovers it hinges entirely on the testimony of convicted felon Ralph Myers, who provided a highly self-contradictory testimony in exchange for a lighter sentence in his own pending trial. Bryan's first move is to ask prosecutor Tommy Chapman for aid, but Chapman dismisses him without even looking at his notes. Bryan next asks McMillian family friend Darnell Houston to testify that he was with a witness who corroborated Myers' testimony the day of the murder, which would cause the prosecution's case to fall apart. When Bryan submits Darnell's testimony, police arrest him for perjury. While Bryan is able to get the perjury charges dismissed, Darnell is intimidated into refusing to testify in court. Bryan then approaches Myers himself, who eventually admits that his testimony was coerced after police played to his fear of burning and threatened to have him executed by electric chair. Bryan appeals to the local court to grant Walter a retrial. and successfully convinces Myers to recant his testimony on the stand, but the judge nevertheless refuses to grant a retrial. Distraught, Bryan vents his frustrations about the case to Eva. He appears on 60 Minutes to rally public support in favor of Walter, then appeals to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The Supreme Court overturns the circuit court's decision, and grants Walter his retrial. Bryan then motions to have the charges dismissed entirely. He confronts Chapman at his home and tries to convince him to join him in his motion; Chapman angrily ejects him from his property. The day of the motion comes, and Bryan appeals to the judge. Chapman agrees to join him in his motion, the case is dismissed, and Walter is finally reunited with his family. An epilogue notes that Bryan and Eva continue to fight for justice to the present day. Walter remained friends with Bryan until his death in 2013. A follow-up investigation into Morrison's death confirmed Walter's innocence and posited that a white man was likely responsible; the case has never been solved. Cast [ edit] Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian Brie Larson as Eva Ansley Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers Rafe Spall as Tommy Chapman O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton Lindsay Ayliffe as Judge Foster C. J. LeBlanc as John McMillan Ron Clinton Smith as Woodrow Ikner Dominic Bogart as Doug Ansley Hayes Mercure as Jeremy Karan Kendrick as Minnie McMillian Kirk Bovill as David Walker Terence Rosemore as Jimmy Darrell Britt-Gibson as Darnell Houston Production [ edit] Development on the film began in 2015, when Broad Green Productions hired Destin Daniel Cretton to direct, with Michael B. Jordan set to star. [5] In December 2017, Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for the film, after Broad Green Productions had entered bankruptcy. [6] In July 2018, Jamie Foxx was set to co-star, 7] and in August 2018, Brie Larson, O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Tim Blake Nelson also joined the cast, with filming starting in Montgomery, Alabama, by August 30. [8] 9] 10] 11] In October 2018, actors Dominic Bogart, Hayes Mercure and Karan Kendrick were added as well. [12] 13] Release [ edit] The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2019. [14] It received an awards qualifying limited release on December 25, 2019. [15] Originally set to expand to a wide release on January 17, 2020, 16] the film's expansion was moved up to January 10, 2020, when it opened in 2, 375 theaters. [17] 18] Reception [ edit] Box office [ edit] On its first day of limited release the film made 81, 072 from four theaters. [19] It went on to make 105, 000 in its opening weekend (a five-day total of 228, 072. 20] The film made 425, 862 over its 15 days of limited release. It then made 3. 7 million on its first day of wide release, including 800, 000 from Thursday-night previews. The film went on to make 10 million over the weekend, finishing fourth. [21] The film made 5. 8 million in its second weekend of wide release (and 7. 5 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday) finishing seventh. [22] Critical response [ edit] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 84% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 243 reviews, with an average rating of 6. 99/10. The site's critics consensus reads. Just Mercy dramatizes a real-life injustice with solid performances, a steady directorial hand, and enough urgency to overcome a certain degree of earnest advocacy. 23] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 48 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews. 24] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare average grade of "A+ on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak reported it received an average 4. 5 out of 5 stars, with 73% of people saying they would definitely recommend it. [21] Accolades [ edit] See also [ edit] List of black films of the 2010s References [ edit] "Just Mercy. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved July 23, 2019. ^ Just Mercy (2019. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 2, 2020. ^ Just Mercy (2019. The Numbers. Retrieved February 2, 2020. ^ Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Bestselling Book and Adapted Film. Retrieved November 22, 2019. ^ McNary, Dave; McNary, Dave (September 8, 2015. Walk in the Woods' Boosts Broad Green Pictures. Variety. Retrieved July 23, 2019. ^ Kit, Borys (November 30, 2017. Warner Bros. Picks Up Michael B. Jordan Legal Drama 'Just Mercy. The Hollywood Reporter. ^ Kit, Borys (July 13, 2018. Jamie Foxx in Talks to Join Michael B. Jordan in Legal Drama 'Just Mercy. The Hollywood Reporter. ^ Galuppo, Mia (August 8, 2018. Brie Larson Joins Michael B. Jordan in 'Just Mercy. The Hollywood Reporter. ^ Galuppo, Mia (August 17, 2018. O'Shea Jackson Jr. Joins Michael B. Jordan in 'Just Mercy' Exclusive. The Hollywood Reporter. ^ Kroll, Justin; Kroll, Justin (August 27, 2018. Michael B. Jordan's 'Just Mercy' Adds Tim Blake Nelson (EXCLUSIVE. Variety... Just Mercy" Movie Films in Montgomery. Equal Justice Initiative. August 30, 2018. ^ N'Duka, Amanda; N'Duka, Amanda (October 1, 2018. SNL's Beck Bennett, D'Arcy Carden Star In 'Greener Grass. Just Mercy' Adds Dominic Bogart & Hayes Mercure. Deadline Hollywood. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (October 2, 2018. Karan Kendrick Cast In 'Just Mercy. Doctor Sleep' Adds Jocelin Donahue. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 2, 2018. ^ Lang, Brent (July 23, 2019. Toronto Film Festival: Joker. Ford v Ferrari. Hustlers' Among Big Premieres. Retrieved July 23, 2019. ^ McClintock, Pamela (July 16, 2019. Michael B. Jordan's 'Just Mercy' Lands Year-End Awards Release; Sesame Street' Officially Pushed" The Hollywood Reporter. ^ N'Duka, Amanda; N'Duka, Amanda (April 20, 2018. Warner Bros Dates Melissa McCarthy Comedy 'Superintelligence. Michael B. Jordan's 'Just Mercy. Retrieved July 23, 2019. ^ Just Mercy" Box Office Mojo. ^ McClintock, Pamela (December 25, 2019. Box Office: Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Unwraps Huge 32M on Christmas Day. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 26, 2019. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 29, 2019. 1917. Just Mercy' And 'Clemency' Open Strong In Limited Debuts Over Busy Holiday Weekend – Specialty Box Office. Retrieved December 29, 2019. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 12, 2020. 1917' Strong With 36M+ But 'Like A Boss. Just Mercy' Fighting Over 4th With 10M; Why Kristen Stewart's 'Underwater' Went Kerplunk With 6M. Retrieved January 12, 2020. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro (January 19, 2020. Bad Boys For Life' So Great With 100M+ Worldwide; Dolittle' Still A Dud With 57M+ Global – Box Office Update. Retrieved January 20, 2020. ^ Just Mercy (2019. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved January 14, 2020. ^ Just Mercy Reviews. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 14, 2020. ^ Gardner, Chris (November 26, 2019. The Two Popes' Leads Nominees for AARP the Magazine's Movies for Grownups Awards. Retrieved November 26, 2019. ^ Goldberg, Matt (December 2, 2019. Parasite' Wins Big with the Atlanta Film Critics Circle. Collider. Retrieved December 2, 2019. External links [ edit] Official website Just Mercy on IMDb.

Ive heard him tell these stories 100 times. and i will listen 100 more. What happened to Walter McMillian in a small Alabama town in 1987 has long been pointed to as a classic example of a miscarriage of justice. Despite the lack of any physical evidence linking McMillian to the murder of a white clerk named Ronda Morrison, he was arrested for the crime more than six months after it took place. Then, despite the lack of physical evidence linking him to the killing or even a motive, he was found guilty, with a nearly all-white jury sentencing him to life in prison. In an even more outlandish and horrifying move, the judge assigned to the case implemented a little-known rule allowing him to override the jurys recommendation and instate a sentence of his own. Judge Robert E. Lee Key, Jr. — who'd already used his power to make sure that McMillian was not tried in his home county of Monroe, which was 40 percent black, but in Baldwin instead, a county that was only 13 percent black — ordered that McMillian be put to death, according to The New York Times. McMillian returned to death row — where hed already been placed, prematurely, following his arrest — where he spent the next six years before, after several attempts at an appeal, he was finally exonerated in 1993. McMillians story is one of the most well-known cases of wrongful conviction, one that is being retold in the upcoming drama, “Just Mercy, ” starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B. Jordan. While McMillian passed away in 2013, his story continues to captivate and enrage audiences, and questions remain. Heres what happened to some of the key players in the case, from the sheriff who first arrested McMillian to the prosecutor who tried the case. Sheriff Thomas “Tom” Tate Sheriff Tom Tate was the one to first take McMillian into custody in June 1987, more than six months after Ronda Morrison was killed. McMillian, who repeatedly maintained his innocence, tried to inform Tate of his alibi shortly after he was taken into custody, telling the sheriff that he was at a fish fry on the morning Morrison was killed, The Washington Post reports in a piece that does not mention the sheriff by name. Tate, however, told McMillian, “I don't give a d-mn what you say or what you do. I don't give a d-mn what your people say either. I'm going to put twelve people on a jury who are going to find your godd-mn black ass guilty. ” In 1998, years after McMillian was released, Tate was still the sheriff in Monroe County, according to the Associated Press. He also stood firmly by his decisions regarding McMillians case. McMillian filed a lawsuit against Tate (and other state officials) suing him for 7. 2 million over alleged civil rights violations, and Tates lawyer, in response, told the outlet, “Sheriff Tate committed no wrongful act of any kind and should be commended for the way he conducted the case. ” The Supreme Court ultimately ruled against McMillian, but before his death in 2013, he reached out-of-court settlements with a number of officials, according to The National Registry of Exonerations. Sheriff Tate went on to make headlines in 2018 as one of numerous Alabama sheriffs who benefited from a little-known state law that allows sheriffs to pocket any so-called leftover money from the allocated funds they are given to buy food for inmates, reports. Tate in particular took home 110, 459. 77 in “excess” funds over a three-year period, according to court documents obtained by the outlet. When contacted by the website, Tate defended his actions, remarking, in part, “I do it just like the law tells us to. That's about all I have to say about that. ” Beginning in 2019, Sheriff Tom Boatwright has served Monroe County, according to local records. Other online records show that Tate did not run for reelection in 2019. He chose to retire after 30 years, having never lost a bid for reelection, according to a story published by The Bitter Southerner. District Attorney William Thomas “Tommy” Chapman Chapman took office in 1990, two years after McMillian was already found guilty, according to the Associated Press. Speaking to the outlet in 1998, he admitted that the case had been mishandled, with “a lot of things that are real stupid” being done by investigators, like moving the body and otherwise contaminating the crime scene. He did not prosecute McMillians case and, although he joined the effort to have McMillians charges dismissed, he denied that anyone had purposefully framed McMillian, according to a 1993 report from The New York Times, published after McMillian was set free. “It just mushroomed into a horrible mistake, ” he told the outlet. “I dont want to call it that. A horrible incident. ” He went on to say that McMillian being set free proved that the system works, a claim that McMillians lawyers disagreed with. Chapman continued to serve as the District Attorney of the 35th Judicial Circuit until 2012, when he stepped down after successfully winning four previous reelection campaigns, reports. Governor Robert Bentley then named Chapman a supernumerary district attorney, a type of quasi-retirement wherein retired elected officials continue to collect a salary but are liable to be called to practice if needed, or perform other tasks, according to the outlet. He passed away in 2017. District Attorney Theodore “Ted” Pearson A month before McMillian was exonerated in March 1993, Theodore Pearson, who was District Attorney at the time of prosecuting McMillians case, was found by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to have suppressed evidence that the defendants legal team had requested, thereby violating his right to due process. Still, in 1993, he defended his role in the case and put the bulk of the responsibility for the outcome at the feet of the jury, according to ABA Journal. Speaking to the magazine, he said that framing McMillian for a crime he didnt commit was the “last thing” he would do, and remarked, “All I did is put the evidence I had in front of a jury. It was their decision to convict him, not mine. ” Pearson held a similar viewpoint when speaking to the Associated Press in 1998; he was an assistant district attorney in Mobile, AL at that point, according to the outlet. “I thought he was guilty, ” he said of the case. “I did what I was supposed to do. The grand jury thought he was guilty. And the jury convicted him. ” Pearson seems to have been working as an attorney as recently as 2018, according to one story published by local outlet, The Outlook, where Pearson was quoting as being one of the legal representatives of a family pursuing a multi-million dollar civil rights suit. Today, the website for the Alabama Bar Association lists Pearson as being “inactive” since Oct. 2019, meaning he no longer practices law. Get all your true crime news from Oxygen. Coverage of the latest true crime stories and famous cases explained, as well as the best TV shows, movies and podcasts in the genre. 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Was Bryan Stevenson really strip-searched? Was the judge really named “Robert E. Lee”? We break down the new movie. Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson in Just Mercy beside the real Bryan Stevenson. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Warner Bros. and Brad Barket/Getty Images for POLITICO. Just Mercy, director Destin Daniel Crettons adaptation of Bryan Stevensons 2014 memoir, is about the exoneration of Walter McMillian, a black man who spent nearly six years on Alabamas death row after being convicted of a murder he didnt commit. The film is about inertia as much as anything: When Stevenson looks into McMillians case, it is immediately apparent he had nothing to do with the crime, but it still takes years to clear his name, simply because the gears of justice have started grinding. Just Mercy is structured like a standard legal thriller—secrets uncovered, wrongs righted, justice done, and so on—with one exception, which is that no one is punished in the end. The murder remains unsolved to this day, and the people who ruined McMillians life prospered in the aftermath. McMillians prosecution and exoneration have been the subject of two books: Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town, a 1995 true crime book about the murder by journalist Pete Earley, and Stevensons memoir, also called Just Mercy, which is structured around the McMillian case but also covers the early years of the Equal Justice Initiative. We consulted both of those books, contemporary news reports, and court documents to sort out whats true and whats artistic license in the new movie. Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian in Just Mercy, JAKE GILES NETTER/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Walter McMillians ordeal is more or less accurately portrayed in Just Mercy: He was arrested in 1987 and charged with the murder of Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old white woman who was shot in broad daylight at the Monroeville, Alabama dry-cleaning shop where she worked. McMillian was convicted after a trial that lasted only a day and a half. An overwhelmingly white jury sentenced him to life in prison, but the judge overrode the jury and condemned him to die. Attorney Bryan Stevenson took McMillians case in 1988, and in 1993 secured McMillians freedom after demonstrating that the prosecution had withheld evidence and pressured their star witness into lying. For a thumbnail sketch of the facts, heres the 60 Minutes report about McMillians case that is featured in the movie. It aired on Nov. 22, 1992, and if that seems like a long time ago, it was the middle segment in an episode that also featured Woody Allen defending himself against molestation charges and a piece about a grassroots anti-deficit group that was coincidentally funded by a private equity billionaire, so how long ago could it have been? Besides McMillian, the segment features the real Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) the real Ralph Myers (Tim Blake Nelson) the real Tommy Chapman (Rafe Spall) and a pantheon of the films minor characters. Also featured: death row at Holman Prison, meticulously recreated in the movie, plus a news report about McMillians exoneration. Just Mercy s McMillian corresponds pretty closely to the man depicted in both the 60 Minutes segment and Stevensons memoir, but its perhaps worth noting that Earleys book is a little harsher on him, alleging that—although rumors during the trial that McMillian was a player in the Dixie mafia were nonsense—he really was a small-time marijuana dealer, whod been investigated by both the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and local police, for whatever thats worth. Earley also sniffs at Stevenson sanding off his clients rougher edges at a prayer breakfast at Montgomerys AME church shortly after McMillian was freed: …[Stevenson] spoke passionately, without notes, about how politics, racial bias, and money all corrupt the justice system. Much of this talk was about Johnny D. There was no mention of marijuana, no talk about an affair with Karen Kelly or weekends spent at nightclubs. But every source agrees about one thing: McMillian had nothing to do with the murder of Ronda Morison. In any event, if the film version of Just Mercy underplays the slightly disreputable things McMillian may have done before being railroaded, it also underplays the horror of what was done to him. Being on death row was a constant nightmare in which even small gestures of rebellion—its an Alabama prison tradition to bang cups on the bars during an execution—bring no comfort. “We were all banging on the bars to protest, to make ourselves feel better, but really it just made me sick, ” McMillian said about one execution during his time there. Even being completely exonerated didnt end the torment the state of Alabama caused him. The films closing chyron notes that McMillian died in 2013 after suffering from early-onset dementia and that “his years on death row weighed heavily on him till the end. ” You have to go to Stevensons book to figure out what that meant in practical terms, but it is awful. Heres Stevensons account of a conversation he had with McMillian in the common room of a nursing home he was staying in, years after hed been completely exonerated: “Well, it looks like Im back here, ” [McMillian] said with a heavy sigh. “They done put me back on death row. ” … “Walter, this isnt the row. You havent been feeling well, and so youre here so you can get better. This is a hospital. ” “Theyve got me again, and youve got to help me. ” He was starting to panic, and I wasnt sure what to do. Then he stared crying. “Please get me out of here. Please? Theyre going to execute me for no good reason, and I dont want to die in no electric chair. ” He was crying now with a forcefulness that alarmed me. When McMillian died, the Monroe Journal —a newspaper whose vitriolic coverage of his trial and its aftermath is well documented in both books—ran an obituary that did not mention his trial. Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) Just Mercy follows Stevensons self-portrait in his memoir very closely. The real Stevenson, circa 1992, is heavily featured in the 60 Minutes segment above. For an introduction to what hes like today, here is his 2012 TED Talk. The differences between Stevenson in the film and Stevenson in his memoir are mostly matters of dramatic compression: anecdotes Stevenson tells about other cases he handled are moved to the McMillian case, which saves the movie the time and trouble of explaining five or six different unjust criminal trials. For example, the movie features a white prison guard (Hayes Mercure) who initially forces Stevenson to strip search before meeting with a client. Over the course of the movie, the guard has a quiet change of heart while observing Stevenson at work and life on death row, which is dramatized by improved treatment of Stevenson and McMillian both. In the memoir, this happens while meeting with a different client at a different prison, and the guards change of heart comes after hearing Stevenson testify about the horrible abuse his client suffered in the foster care system, because the guard was also a former foster kid. Meanwhile, an incident in which the police pulled their weapons on Stevenson for sitting in his car outside of his apartment in Atlanta is relocated to a traffic stop in Alabama—although the bomb threats and general creepiness from the locals are mentioned in both books. Finally, in real life, Stevenson isnt quite as good-looking as Michael B. Jordan, but few people are. Eva Ansley (Brie Larson) Brie Larson as Eva Ansley Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures Brie Larson plays Eva Ansley, who in real life co-founded the Equal Justice Initiative with Stevenson and currently serves as its operations director. Larson explained why she found Ansley inspirational at this years Variety Power of Women event, then brought her out on stage to talk about her work: In the 1980s, Ansley was running a project pairing condemned men with lawyers in Alabama while Stevenson was doing similar work at the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee. In 1988, they secured federal funding to set up the nonprofit that eventually became the Equal Justice Initiative. The scene in the movie in which Ansley chews out a landlord for refusing to rent them office space because of their work doesnt come from Stevensons book, but he does note that the University of Alabama School of Law had promised them office space, then backed out of the deal. (In the screenplay, the location is identified as an officie building in Montgomery, so the landlord is not a stand-in for University of Alabama officials: The school is in Tuscaloosa. But judging from Stevensons memoir, Larsons performance is true to life. Ralph Myers (Tim Blake Nelson) Tim Blake Nelson as Ralph Myers in Just Mercy Ralph Myers, the career criminal who testified that Walter McMillian killed Ronda Morrison, only to recant the entire story years later at Stevensons prodding, really did the things hes shown doing in the movie. As you can see in the 60 Minutes clip, Tim Blake Nelsons performance eerily recreates Myers tics and delivery, while Just Mercy s makeup team recreate the injuries Myers suffered in a childhood fire. He had the fire-related phobias youd expect, and really was moved to death row when he stopped cooperating with the police. Circumstantial Evidence goes much deeper into Myers ties to the other people involved in the case, but Just Mercy gets the details pertinent to McMillians fight for freedom right. His testimony at McMillians first trial was a ridiculous story that was impossible to reconcile with the physical evidence. It nevertheless got McMillian sentenced to death. Similarly, there really was a recording of Myers insisting he knew nothing about the murder, and the prosecution really didnt turn it over to the defense, and his testimony, which nearly got Walter McMillian killed, really was that absurd on its face. Herbert Richardson (Rob Morgan) Warner Bros. Rob Morgan as Herbert Richardson in Just Mercy. Herbert Richardson, the Vietnam veteran whose execution Stevenson attends after failing to save him from the death penalty, was a real client, but the movie doesnt dwell on how he got there. In real life, Richardson had psychological problems from his combat experiences—he was the only survivor of an ambush that killed his entire platoon—and ended up in a Veterans Affairs hospital in New York after the war. He moved to Alabama to follow a nurse he had met at the hospital, dated her, and was happy, for a time. But after the couple broke up, Richardson decided the best way to win her back was to plant a bomb on her porch, then save her from it. Unfortunately, the womans 10-year-old niece picked up the bomb and was killed instantly in the ensuing blast. There are other aspects of Richardsons story where the film diverges from Stevensons book. In the movie, Richardson tells the Army to send the flag from his funeral to Stevenson, because he was “the only one who cared enough to fight for me. ” In real life, Richardson got married while in prison, and, according to Just Mercy, kept bugging Stevenson to make sure the military sent his flag to his new wifes address. He did really play “The Old Rugged Cross” over the prison P. A. system on the night of his execution, though. Tom Chapman (Rafe Spall) Rafe Spall as Tom Chapman in Just Mercy. Tom Chapman, the prosecutor who did the most to fight McMillians release, seems to have behaved even more badly in real life than he does in Just Mercy. The film traces his journey from indifference to McMillians case—he wasnt the original prosecutor—to fanatical opposition to McMillians release, to grudging acceptance of McMillians innocence in exactly the same way the book does, and Chapman really did all those things. He arrested and indicted one of Stevensons witnesses for perjury after the witness came forward with exculpatory evidence, then dropped the charges when Stevenson pointed out they were obviously an intimidation tactic. He really gave that heartless 60 Minutes interview. Then he really joined the defenses motion to have all charges dropped. But neither version of Just Mercy captures the level of animosity Chapman felt for Stevenson that Circumstantial Evidence describes, nor his description of their first meeting, from the same book: Stevenson didnt know me or anything about me, and yet he comes in here and he has this attitude of “Im a Harvard-educated lawyer and Im going to come down here and tell these honkies how to do their job. … Well, Im just as smart as that guy, even if I didnt go to Harvard. And just because we dont see things eye to eye doesnt mean that Im not a moral person. What right did he have to come lecture me about morals? For his part, Stevenson was apparently even less of a fan of Chapmans in real life than he appears to be in either version of Just Mercy. In their very first phone conversation, Chapman said hed tell Judge Key to give him a fair shake the next time he saw him at a restaurant where they both ate; Stevenson later told Earley, “I could just see Pearson and Judge Key eating dinner together at the local country club. Two white good old boys deciding how justice would be dispensed in Monroe County. ” But the biggest thing missing from Just Mercy s portrait of Chapman is his relationship to the press. Except for 60 Minutes and a constant scrum of reporters outside the courthouse, the media is mostly absent from this story about someone being railroaded—for a movie with the exact opposite problem, see Richard Jewell —and thats a shame, because Chapman spent almost the entire process complaining to the Monroe Journal about the case. The morning after his disastrous 60 Minutes interview aired, Chapman told the paper, “For them to hold themselves up as a reputable news show is beyond belief and irresponsible. ” Sheriff Thomas Tate In the movies scene in which Tate arrests McMillian, he taunts him by saying things like, “Those rims look like they cost you a pretty penny—whove you been working for? ” Thats shitty, but in Walter McMillians version of the story, as reported in court filings, Tate said much worse: “He said he was going to stop us niggers from fucking these white women himself. He told me he was going to stop that. ” And then Tate said, according to McMillian, “I ought to take you off and hang you like we done that nigger in Mobile, but we cant stand that suit. ” Tate has categorically denied saying any of this. Whats not in dispute is that he arranged McMillians arrest rather differently than it appears in the film. Tate couldnt charge Walter McMillian with the murder of Ronda Morrison on the basis of Ralph Myers testimony alone, but Myers say-so was enough to arrest him on a sodomy charge. So thats what Tate went with, after a search of McMillians truck yielded no marijuana—although he had to explain to Walter what the word “sodomy” meant. Crucially, Tate arrested McMillian in his truck, which gave him a pretext to drive the truck to the police station—Tate drove it personally—which made it possible to have a prisoner who said he knew something about the case see the truck and positively identify it as the one he claimed hed seen outside the cleaners around the time of the shooting, which gave Tate the minimum number of witnesses hed need to charge McMillian with Morrisons murder. Neat! And way too complex to try to fit into a movie that already makes the point that McMillian was railroaded in a billion other ways. Earley goes into more detail about the political pressures Tate and Chapman were under, but the circumstances under which McMillian ended up in prison were even dodgier than they appear in the movie. Tate was also responsible for the scene in which McMillians son Johnny is tackled by deputies in the courtroom. The incident actually happened during the reading of the initial guilty verdict, before Stevenson was involved, and Earley and Stevenson dont agree about all the facts—Stevenson has the courtroom tackle, Earley has Sheriff Tate issuing an arrest warrant for Johnny afterwards and making his mom drive him back to court be booked—but in both versions, Tate claimed Johnny said something along the lines of “Somebodys going to pay for what theyve done to my father. ” Tate also seems to have been the government official who was most reluctant to accept that McMillian was innocent, even after he was finally released from prison. After the Alabama Bureau of Investigation reopened the Morrison case, independently investigated, and failed to find any evidence at all that McMillian had anything to do with the murder, Tate was still going around saying things like, “It seems to me that we had a pretty airtight case until those two ABI boys pulled into town. ” Naturally, Tates behavior crippled his career in Alabama law enforcement, and—wait, he actually remained the sheriff of Monroe County until 2018, when he decided not to seek re-election because of his age. Hed made the national news again that February, when it emerged that hed pocketed more than 110, 000 in funds the state paid him to feed inmates, the beneficiary of an old Alabama law that allowed sheriffs to keep any excess money they didnt spend on prison food. Faced with public approbation, Tate told the Monroe Journal, “It hurts my feelings to be accused of doing something wrong. ” The Judges The judge at McMillians criminal trial—the one who decided that the death penalty was more appropriate than the life sentence the jury had decided on—really was named Robert E. Lee Key, Jr., and really did describe the crime as “ the vicious and brutal killing of a young lady in the first full flower of adulthood. ” Not too surprisingly, McMillians case is not the only stain on his record: In 1999, the U. S. Supreme Court decided to let the State of Alabama execute a man named Brian Baldwin. Baldwin was prosecuted by Theodore Pearson, the same D. as McMillian, in a case overseen by Key in which Pearson called the defendant, who was black, “that savage, ” Key called the defendant “boy, ” black jurors were systematically excluded, and Key was asked to adjudicate whether or not his own behavior had been racist. (He decided it was not, and Baldwin has been dead for 20 years now. ) But for all the harm Key did, he wasnt the most frustrating judge in the McMillian affair. In the movie, the hearing in which Stevenson submits the overwhelming evidence that McMillian was innocent is referred to as “Judge Foster, ” played by Lindsay Ayliffe, looking as much like Jeff Sessions as possible. That hearing was actually overseen by Judge Thomas B. Norton Jr., and Judge Fosters most ludicrous-seeming dialogue is actually taken straight from an order Judge Norton wrote saying that he had no reason to believe Myers had perjured himself during the original trial. The only judge who comes out of the movie (or the books about the real-life McMillian case) without looking terrible is Judge Pamela Baschab (played by Rhoda Griffis in the movie) who issued the order that finally freed McMillian. She retired in 2008.

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"Just Mercy. the new film about crusading attorney Bryan Stevenson (played by Michael B. Jordan) focuses on Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) a wrongfully convicted death-row inmate from Monroeville, Alabama – the birthplace of Harper Lee, whose beloved novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" dealt with a lawyer fighting to free an innocent African-American defendant. The location, and the reaction of proud locals who resisted Stevenson's efforts to free McMillian, were true. "It was ironic to have people in the community tell me, Youre a lawyer, you should go to the "To Kill a Mockingbird" Museum. Stevenson says. "I had the same response every time: I'd love to, but Im really busy freeing an innocent black man who has been wrongly convicted of a crime and facing execution. ' The disconnect between romanticizing that story and indifference to injustice in a real wrongful conviction, that very much parallels my story. Jordan, who also executive produced "Just Mercy" in theaters now in New York and LA, opens nationwide Friday)  based on Stevenson's 2014 memoir of the same name, thought it vital to lean into the truth. "After meeting the man and understanding his work, to tell an honest portrayal is the only morally correct thing to do. Jordan says. Here's how that goes down in "Just Mercy. Our 'Just Mercy' review: Performances by Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx elevate predictable legal drama' Walter McMillian was nearly put to death for a crime he did not commit One of young lawyer Stevenson's first and most incendiary cases after founding the non-profit  Equal Justice Initiative was McMillian, who had been sentenced to die in 1988 for the murder of an 18-year-old white woman on dubious evidence. After a day-and-a-half trial, the jury ignored multiple black witnesses who testified that McMillan was at a fish fry at the time of the crime.  As shown in the film, McMillan was ordered held on death row even before his trial started.  "Its the only case I have ever worked on where my client spent months on death row, before ever having been convicted. says Stevenson. "The newspapers would refer to him as 'death row defendant Walter McMillan. ' All of that led to the conditions that would make the wrongful conviction almost inevitable. Thats very accurate to what happened to Walter. Bryan Stevenson was intimidated and threatened during the case Just as in the film, Stevenson received death threats for his work. "You're trying to do the right thing, trying to obtain justice and your life is being threatened. Jordan says. Stevenson says a scene where prison guards subjected him to a strip search took place. Likewise, he was pulled over and held at gunpoint without provocation by police.  "I had police officers pull their weapons out, point the gun at my head, and say, Move and Ill blow your brains out. Stevenson says. "Sadly, its a scene thats familiar to a lot of people in this country. Eva Ansley (played by Brie Larson) plays a large role in the film's fledgling Equal Justice Initiative, which provides legal representation to prisoners who may have been wrongly convicted of crimes. Now operations director of EJI, Ansley has been an integral part since the organization's beginnings.  Some EJI actions depicted during McMillian's long fight for freedom involved other lawyers. But for the sake of storytelling, these deeds were incorporated through Larson's Ansley. "When we had to figure out how to represent the other work, it was easy to decide that it should be represented through Evas commitment and the work she has done. Stevenson says. A pivotal '60 Minutes' expose really did turn the tide for McMillian McMillian's case eventually drew national attention and was the subject of a 1992 "60 Minutes" expose that showed how flimsy the case was against the convicted man awaiting death by electrocution. "Perception is everything. To be able to put the facts out there for the world to see brought the pressure of society and helped wrongs get righted. Jordan says. "That '60 Minutes' piece helped Walter McMillian get off death row. In 1993, Alabama's Court of Criminal Appeals heard his case again. After turning down four previous appeals, the court ruled that McMillian had been wrongfully convicted. McMillian was freed after six years on death row and remained close with Stevenson until his death in 2013. While the timeline of the case was condensed for story reasons, Stevenson says he was relieved and impressed with the filmmakers' efforts for accuracy.  "It was remarkable. says Stevenson, who can laugh about one aspect of Jordan's realistic portrayal. "I told Michael the one area where he didn't have to be authentic was my body. He didn't have to lose the "Black Panther" Creed" body. He could keep all of those abs to play me. I wanted him to go on a warrior diet...

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*Spoilers for "Just Mercy" below* Walter McMillan spent six years on death row for a crime he didnt commit, but even after the Alabama resident was exonerated, he remained tormented by his years behind bars. McMillan — whose story is depicted in the movie “Just Mercy” premiering Christmas Day 2019 — never got the happy ending he deserved after his release from prison in 1993. Instead, the Alabama resident spent his final years tormented by dementia that made him believe he was back on death row. McMillans downward spiral began in 1988 when he was arrested for killing 18-year-old Ronda Morrison in Monroeville, Alabama. Morrison was discovered dead under a rack of clothing in the Jackson Cleaners, where the teen had worked, according to The National Registry of Exonerations. She had been bludgeoned, strangled, and shot three times. The crime would go unsolved for months, until police arrested 30-year-old Ralph Myers on suspicion of murdering another woman in a nearby county. Investigators told Myers they believed he was responsible for killing Morrison as well and that they had witnesses that would testify that he committed the act along with McMillan. McMillan, a 46-year-old black man, was well-known in the community because the married man had been having an affair with a white woman. Myers eventually told police he and McMillan had driven to the cleaners together, but that McMillan had been the only one to go inside. Myers said in a taped confession that he heard several popping sounds and went into the building where he discovered the white teenager dead. McMillan was convicted for the murder in a trial that lasted just a day and a half, even though multiple witnesses had said that the 46-year-old had been at a church fish fry at the time of the murder, according to NBC News. In another unusual move, the judge in the case opted to sentence McMillian to death even though the jury in the case had recommended a life sentence. The case soon earned the attention of attorney Bryan Stevenson, portrayed in the movie by Michael B. Jordan, who took on the case as part of the Equal Justice Initiative and eventually helped to exonerate McMillian after it was determined that multiple witnesses on the stand had been lying. McMillians attorneys also discovered other recorded segments from Myers' conversation with police where he complained about having to implicate a man he didnt know for a crime he said neither committed. McMillian was set free in 1993 after his conviction was overturned by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. He returned to his hometown, where he resumed his work as a tree trimmer, but j ust two years later, he broke his neck while trimming a tree, according to The New York Times Magazine. After his injury, McMillan went on partial disability and was able to work part-time taking in junk cars for scrap metal. In the years after his release from prison, McMillan said it was difficult not to be angry but tried to “get over it” by keeping his mind off the wrongful conviction. “Sometimes I just want to leave here and never come back, ” he said in the 2000 profile in The New York Times Magazine. “A lot of people tell me, ‘Man, Id leave. I tell them: ‘This is my home. Im innocent. If I leave, first thing people say is: ‘Hes guilty. He left. I dont see no reason I should leave my hometown. ” McMillan also said he often ran into the same police officers who were responsible for putting him behind bars. ' I never got an apology. I see them. the cops. all the time. I see them on the street, at the fruit stand, they say, Hey, Johnny, how ya doing. They'll wave, just as good as anybody, like nothing happened. Every time I see one, I speak to them just like they speak to me. Ain't no sense in me being mad, ” he said. McMillans story of wrongful imprisonment doesnt end there — shortly after he was released from prison he began to suffer from dementia and spent his last years trapped in his own mind, convinced he was once again back on death row. “When that comes full circle - and he's sick, and he's in a hospital, and he's saying to me, you got to get me off death row again - it's heartbreaking, ” Stevenson said in an episode of “Fresh Air” on NPR. “And one of the things I just wanted people to kind of understand is that we can't continue to have a system of justice defined by error and unfairness and tolerate racial bias and bias against the poor and not confront what we are doing to individuals and to families and to communities and to neighborhoods. ” Stevenson said many of the doctors believed McMillans early onset dementia had been trauma-induced. “I think one of the things that pains me is that we have so tragically underestimated the trauma - the hardship we create in this country when we treat people unfairly, when we incarcerate them unfairly, when we condemn them unfairly, ” Stevenson said. “You can't threaten to kill someone every day, year after year and not harm them, not traumatize them, not break them in ways that is really, really profound. ” McMillan died in 2013. 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JUST MERCY A Story of Justice and Redemption By Bryan Stevenson Spiegel & Grau. 336 pp. 28 Rob Warden is executive director emeritus of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. Criminal justice in America sometimes seems more criminal than just — replete with error, malfeasance, racism and cruel, if not unusual, punishment, coupled with stubborn resistance to reform and a failure to learn from even its most glaring mistakes. And nowhere, let us pray, are matters worse than in the hard Heart of Dixie, a. k. a. Alabama, the adopted stomping ground of Bryan Stevenson, champion of the damned. Stevenson, the visionary founder and executive director of the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative, surely has done as much as any other living American to vindicate the innocent and temper justice with mercy for the guilty — efforts that have brought him, among myriad honors, a MacArthur genius grant and honorary degrees from Yale, Penn and Georgetown. Now 54, Stevenson has made his latest contribution to criminal justice in the form of an inspiring memoir titled “Just Mercy. ” It will come as no surprise to those who have heard Stevenson speak or perused any of his briefs that “Just Mercy” is an easy read — a work of style, substance and clarity. Mixing commentary and reportage, he adroitly juxtaposes triumph and failure, neither of which is in short supply, against an unfolding backdrop of the saga of Walter McMillian, an innocent black Alabaman sentenced to death for the 1986 murder of an 18-year-old white woman. “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. (Spiegel & Grau) Stevenson is something of an enigma. A lifelong bachelor, seemingly married to his work, he grew up in a working-class African American family in southern Delaware. Born five years after Brown v. Board of Education, he endured the indignities of the vestiges of Jim Crow. That, of course, might have set him on a path to champion the downtrodden. When he was 16, however, his 86-year-old grandfather was murdered by adolescent marauders bent on nothing more than stealing the elderly mans black-and-white TV. The trauma surrounding the senseless tragedy — occurring as it did in the wake of racially coded political rhetoric about crime — might have turned a lesser person into a reactionary zealot, but Stevenson took a higher road. Within a decade, as a newly minted lawyer, he forsook the wealth that was virtually guaranteed by his degrees from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government, taking what amounted to a vow of poverty to pursue civil rights law in the South. He began at the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta before moving to Alabama to start the Equal Justice Initiative. Thirty years on, he has won relief for scores of condemned prisoners; exonerated a number of innocent ones; fought to end the death penalty and life sentences without parole for juveniles; and confronted, with admirable albeit limited success, abuse of the mentally ill, the mentally handicapped and children in prison. Of all the victories, Stevenson clearly takes the greatest satisfaction in the exoneration of McMillian, whose case played out in Monroeville, Ala. — a town immortalized by Harper Lee in “To Kill a Mockingbird. ” McMillians conviction rested on testimony so preposterous that its astonishing anyone could have believed it, especially in the face of six alibi witnesses, including a police officer, who placed him at a fish fry 11 miles from the scene of the crime when it occurred. The prosecution sponsored two key witnesses, both of whom lied and one of whom complained in a tape-recorded pretrial interview withheld from the defense that he was being coerced to lie. The other witness, seeking favorable treatment from the prosecution for crimes of his own, testified that hed seen McMillians low-rider truck near the crime scene. It turned out, however, that McMillian had not modified his truck into a low-rider until weeks after the crime. A jury from which the prosecution had systematically excluded African Americans found McMillian guilty but recommended a life sentence, rather than death. In 34 of the 36 states with death penalties then on their books, jury recommendations were binding, the exceptions being Alabama and Florida, where judges were — and still are — empowered to override jury recommendations. Thats what evocatively named Judge Robert E. Lee Key Jr. did in the McMillian case. McMillian most likely would have been executed had Stevenson not turned to an unconventional court of last resort — “60 Minutes, ” which in late 1992 aired a devastating segment on the case. Three months later, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals granted McMillian a new trial, and a few days after that, the prosecution dropped the charges. Another sweet Stevenson victory grew out of his quest to understand why adolescents, like those who murdered his grandfather, are prone to commit violent acts with senseless, reckless abandon. Stevenson took on the representation of several clients sentenced to life in prison without parole for crimes committed as juveniles. In challenging their sentences, he emphasized, as he puts it in his memoir, “the incongruity of not allowing children to smoke, drink, vote. because of their well-recognized lack of maturing and judgment while simultaneously treating some of the most at-risk, neglected, and impaired children exactly the same as full-grown adults in the criminal justice system. ” One impaired child Stevenson represented was Evan Miller, who was 14 when he and two other youths beat a middle-aged man to death with a baseball bat after several hours of drinking and using drugs with him. Miller was sentenced to life without parole, but his cohorts accepted plea deals that gave them parole-eligible sentences. Stevenson took Millers case to the U. S. Supreme Court, which in 2012 held in the case that mandatory life sentences without parole for children violated the Eighth Amendment. Along the way, Stevenson suffered tragic defeats, some of which speak volumes about the politics of crime and punishment and the hypocrisy it breeds. A case in point is that of Michael Lindsey, who went to the Alabama electric chair in 1989, at age 28, for the murder of a 63-year-old neighbor woman. Lindseys guilt was not at issue, but he was black and the victim was white — a situation long known to make a harsh sentence likelier than when the races are reversed. As in McMillians and 99 other Alabama cases so far, Lindseys jury recommended a life sentence, but the judge overrode the recommendation, sending him to death row. Stevenson sought clemency for Lindsey, but Gov. Guy Hunt denied it, declaring that he would not “go against the wishes of the community expressed by the jury” — although the jury, in fact, had expressed the wish that Lindsey be allowed to live. Never mind the truth. A paramount problem with criminal justice in Alabama is that its trial judges are elected — as are those in 38 other states, according to the American Bar Association. Elected judges, not surprisingly, tend to behave like what they in fact are — politicians. As Stevenson explains, judicial candidates attract campaign contributions mostly from business interests in favor of tort reform or from civil trial lawyers against tort reform. The campaign financiers have little interest in criminal justice, but what matters to voters unschooled in tort reform is being tough on crime. “No judge wants to deal with attack ads that highlight the grisly details of a murder case in which the judge failed to impose the most severe punishment, ” Stevenson points out. Judicial override in capital cases has been substantially restricted by case law in Florida but remains unbridled in Alabama — which is and, despite Stevensons yeoman efforts, will remain for the foreseeable future a long way from Nirvana. Thanks in significant part to Stevensons brilliance and dedication to a cause that hasnt always been popular, the situation in Alabama and across the land is improving. Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, hes also a gifted writer and storyteller. His memoir should find an avid audience among players in the legal system — jurists, prosecutors, defense lawyers, legislators, academics, journalists — and especially anyone contemplating a career in criminal justice. Rob Warden is executive director emeritus of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites.
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The parents' guide to what's in this movie. Every life has meaning. Very strong messages about importance of doing the right thing, no matter the odds, fighting hard for those who need it the most, and problematic relationship between bigotry and justice. Black people in a small, Southern town are targeted by the law based on how they look, and movie clearly points out how wrong that is. It also depicts what an uphill battle it is to change hearts and minds; this is about one small victory in a bigger fight. Positive Role Models & Representations Bryan Stevenson is portrayed as a very positive role model, achieving his law degree from Harvard, deliberately choosing to work in a place that could be physically dangerous to him, working for free for the folks who need him most. He faces difficult odds, keeps persevering. Eva is also a positive role model, giving her time and her house to the cause, though she has less to do, is seen here mainly offering her support for Bryan. Walter has made some poor choices in the past, but he's no murderer, and once his faith in Bryan is established, he works hard to help with his case. Upsetting execution scene that includes pretty much everything except the actual death. A police officer points his gun at the main character. Character is beaten. Spoken references to violence, including a murder ( strangled and shot. the planting of a bomb, and a character being burned. Hateful, racism-motivated acts (forced strip-search, etc. Moments of anger/rage. Implied suicide attempt. A character is told to "bend over and spread. " During a forced strip-search, Bryan is shown shirtless; he removes his pants and underwear below the frame. Sex-related dialogue. Language includes multiple uses of "s- t" and the "N" word, plus "bulls- t. son of a bitch. bitch. ass. shut your mouth. and "damn. " Dr. Pepper vending machine shown, Coke mentioned. Sunkist orange soda mentioned and shown. Jujyfruits candy mentioned and shown. Jif peanut butter jar shown. Drinking, Drugs & Smoking.

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JUST MERCY takes place in Monroeville, Alabama, where an African-American lawyer out of Harvard Law makes it his mission to help those who cant help themselves. Bryan Stevenson pairs up with a local advocate, and together they begin the Equal Justice Initiative. Not wasting time, he takes on many clients on death row, studying their cases and working tirelessly to appeal. One case grabs his attention is that of Johnny D. McMillian, a black man on death row for allegedly raping and killing a young white woman. The only solid evidence against him is the testimony of one white man, whos also on trial for murder. Bryan is determined to prove Johnnys innocence. JUST MERCY is absorbing and emotionally powerful, successfully tugging at the viewers heartstrings. The performances grab and hold the viewers attention throughout the movie. JUST MERCY has a strong Christian, moral worldview. There is an ongoing fight for justice and mercy, and a constant appeal to God for guidance and support. However, theres too much PG-13 rated foul language and mature elements. So, MOVIEGUIDE advises extreme caution for JUST MERCY. Content: CCC, BBB, LLL, VV, S, N, D, MM) Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements: Very strong Christian, moral worldview with biblical themes centers on mercy and justice and grace, main characters are fighting for whats right and quit at nothing to achieve it, good triumphs over evil, men discuss how they used to play piano and sing in church when they were boys and proclaim together “God is good, ” man sings a hymn praising God when hes dealing with a difficult time, a man has a Bible in his jail cell and requests a church hymn as his last song before being executed and asks for prayed, and one scene in church with everyone praising and praying Foul Language: 33 obscenities and one GD profanity, plus five racial slurs Violence: Strong and light violence includes a man is violently slammed against his truck, news reports say a woman was found raped and shot, but its never shown, man recalls his father was murdered, a man is executed by electric chair, but only a jolt is vaguely shown in glass reflection, a few rough tussles with officers and civilians, but no blood Sex: No sex scenes, but a man is known to have cheated on his wife Nudity: Upper male nudity when a man is strip searched by a jail guard and is shown in his underwear Alcohol Use: No alcohol use Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse: One main character is shown smoking a cigarette multiple times; and, Miscellaneous Immorality: Strong miscellaneous immorality includes major themes about racism and government corruption throughout the entire movie, people in power abuse it greatly with bias and bigotry, many people are coerced into lying or giving false testimony or threatened with their jobs or wellbeing. JUST MERCY is based on the book written by African-American lawyer Bryan Stevenson, telling his story about fighting for justice in a town that doesnt even know the meaning of the word. In 1987, a black man named Walter “Johnny D. ” McMillian was a hardworking man in Monroeville, Alabama who owned his own company cutting down trees. Driving home one night, hes stopped by police officers who immediately arrest him, accusing him of a heinous crime. Bryan Stevenson is a young, ambitious lawyer whos just finished law school, with a fiery desire to help the poor and needy. Although his mother warns against it, Bryan moves to Alabama in 1988 to start a non-profit organization. Hes teamed up with another ambitious advocate named Eva, who sees Bryan as the right person. Together, they immediately begin working on the cases at hand. Bryan visits the local prison, interviewing the inmates who had little to no representation when on trial, and who were mostly told to accept the plea bargain even without committing the crime. Soon, he meets Johnny D., who has had enough of these lawyers who come in and say theyre going to help him. The last one, he says, took all the money his family has and then was never heard from again. Bryan tries to assure him hes not the same as the others, but Johnny D. needs some convincing. Bryan soon goes to visit the McMillian family, being welcomed into a small home, as everyone tells their stories. He learns that, on the day of the accused murder, Johnny D. was working on his truck with his son, and then later was having a cookout with his family. Many people were there, many saw him from dusk till dawn, yet none of their testimonies were used or acknowledged during the trial. Bryan has his work set out for him. Bryan and Eva begin to re-interview everyone involved in the case from years before, but not before running into trouble. One of their key witnesses is soon arrested for perjury, simply because his statement directly contradicts the testimony presented in the case. They find the officer who was the first responder to the murder and find that what he found directly contradicts what the states witness said. Bryan has to find this man who was the sole testimony that resulted in the conviction of Johnny D. Bryan is soon sitting across the table in a jail visiting center from Ralph Myers. Ralph was also convicted of a crime right around the time Johnny D. was, and it just so happened that Ralph was taken off death row and had a sentence reduction after offering his testimony against Johnny. Bryan believes that the evidence he has is overwhelming, but the town of Monroeville, Alabama, has a different point of view. The D. A. refuses to reconsider at the case, and Bryan is forced to appeal in the hope that a retrial will prove the innocence of this man. Johnnys case just scratches the surface of the amount of injustice that has occurred in this system. Ironically, everyone in the town continues to tell Bryan he must visit the Mockingbird Museum, a museum dedicated to Lee Harper, the author of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD who was born in Monroeville and based her novel on her experiences in the town. Even the D. is tremendously proud of this, even though he refuses to reconsider Johnnys apparent wrongful conviction. JUST MERCY is absorbing and emotionally powerful, greatly tugging at the viewers heartstrings. It teaches that everyone needs some grace and mercy and that “hopelessness is the enemy of justice. ” All the performances in this movie bring great truth and grab the viewers attention. JUST MERCY also has a strong Christian, moral worldview. Characters read the Bible, go to church, sing hymns, and say prayers for each other. A side character whos been fighting his death sentence for murder wishes to hear his favorite hymn before hes executed. Also, his last words are that he harbors no ill will. However, like many other great movies this year, JUST MERCY has plenty of foul language, including one strong GD profanity. There are no “f” words, however. MOVIEGUIDE advises extreme caution for the amount of foul language and for some mature thematic elements in JUST MERCY.

About EJI & Bryan Stevenson Equal Justice Initiative EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c) 3) nonprofit organization located in Montgomery, Alabama. LEARN MORE ABOUT EJI Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. A widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned, he has won numerous awards, including the prestigious MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Prize and the ACLUs National Medal of Liberty. LEARN MORE JUST MERCY — #1 New York Times Bestseller The Book An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time. Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to defending the poor, the incarcerated, and the wrongly condemned. Just Mercy tells the story of EJI, from the early days with a small staff facing the nations highest death sentencing and execution rates, through a successful campaign to challenge the cruel practice of sentencing children to die in prison, to revolutionary projects designed to confront Americans with our history of racial injustice. One of EJIs first clients was Walter McMillian, a young black man who was sentenced to die for the murder of a young white woman that he didnt commit. The case exemplifies how the death penalty in America is a direct descendant of lynching — a system that treats the rich and guilty better than the poor and innocent. Buy the book Download discussion guide The message of this book. is that evil can be overcome, a difference can be made. Just Mercy will make you upset and it will make you hopeful. Ted Conover / The New York Times Book Review A searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields. David Cole / The New York Review of Books Inspiring. a work of style, substance and clarity. Stevenson is not only a great lawyer, hes also a gifted writer and storyteller. The Washington Post Searing, moving. Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be Americas Mandela. Nicholas Kristof / The New York Times As deeply moving, poignant and powerful a book as has been, and maybe ever can be, written about the death penalty. The Financial Times ACCOLADES Selected as a New York Times Best Seller Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner of a NAACP Image Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the Kirkus Reviews Prize Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction An American Library Association Notable Book JUST MERCY The Movie Just Mercy takes us inside Americas broken criminal justice system and compels us to confront inequality and injustice. Based on the bestselling book, the Just Mercy movie presents the unforgettable story of Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and the case of Walter McMillian (Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx) who was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. Six NAACP Image Award Nominations — Winner of the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award — African American Film Critics Associations Best Films of the Year GET TICKETS Now Playing Everywhere Nationwide "An intimate, immediate and deeply moving portrait" that feels "fresh and urgent and more timely than ever. " Ann Hornaday / The Washington Post I spent most of Just Mercy devastated by its most rueful death-row inmate, only to belatedly realize that it was [Rob] Morgan who was breaking my heart. Wesley Morris / The New York Times Just Mercy is a handsome, impeccably mounted tribute to [Stevenson's] activism and also his fellow advocates. Justin Chang / Los Angeles Times The movie builds to a stirring resolution, based on the certainty that hatred, in all its terrible power, will never be as powerful as justice. Owen Gleiberman / Variety Foxx's scenes are transfixing enough to make you hold your breath without realizing it. John DeFore / The Hollywood Reporter It's searing and soaring, and it will start a million conversations in the country about the death penalty, about racial injustice, and about how poor Americans routinely get a third class justice system. Nicholas Kristof / New York Times columnist Winner of the National Board of Review's Freedom of Expression Award Earned audience score of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes Jamie Foxx Nominated for SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor Selected as one of Barack Obama's Favorite Movies of 2019 Nominated for Six NAACP Image Awards STARRING Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Andrene Ward-Hammond, O'Shea Jackson Jr. and Karan Kendrick Bryan Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. He had barely opened the nonprofit law office in Montgomery, Alabama, when he agreed to represent Walter McMillian, a black man wrongly convicted of killing a white woman in the town that inspired To Kill a Mockingbird. Walter McMillian insisted he had been framed. He told Bryan, “I know it may not matter to you, but its important to me that you know that Im innocent and didnt do what they said I did, not no kinda way. ” Bryan took on the case, determined to show that prosecution witnesses had lied on the stand. Eva Ansley grew up in Alabama, disgusted by the states unjust and abusive treatment of the poor and disfavored. Her commitment to finding legal help for people on Alabamas death row led her to join Bryan Stevenson in opening EJI, where she took on every challenge from accounting to recruiting lawyers. Herbert Richardson was executed in 1989, despite the State of Alabamas failure to provide him with timely and effective legal assistance. Ralph Myers served 30 years in prison and was released in 2017. He currently lives in Alabama. Brenda Lewis was an investigator on Mr. McMillians case. She continues to assist indigent people accused of crimes as an investigator at the Federal Defender in Mobile, Alabama. Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years on Alabamas death row for a crime he did not commit. Even after EJI presented undisputed ballistics evidence that destroyed the States case against him, Alabama prosecutors refused to re-open the case. It took 12 more years of litigation and a United States Supreme Court ruling to secure his freedom. Minnie McMillian supported her husband Walter during his six years on death row and actively fought for his release. Clients Just Mercy tells the story of EJIs clients, from Walter McMillian and Anthony Ray Hinton — who were exonerated from Alabamas death row — to Joe Sullivan and Ian Manuel — who won release after being sentenced to die in prison for nonhomicide crimes in Florida when they were just 13 years old. We invite you to learn more about the clients featured in the book below. Sign up to stay connected and receive updates about EJI's work. By submitting this form, you are granting: Equal Justice Initiative, 122 Commerce Street, Montgomery, Alabama, 36104, United States,   permission to email you. You may unsubscribe via the link found at the bottom of every email. (See our Email Privacy Policy for details. Emails are serviced by Mailchimp. FAQ If you have additional questions about Just Mercy or the work of EJI, please visit. Is Just Mercy a true story? Yes. The movie is based on an actual case that is detailed in Bryan Stevensons book, Just Mercy, published in 2014. Bryan took on Walter McMillians case in 1988 to challenge his wrongful conviction and death sentence. Over the next six years, Bryan filed multiple legal challenges and conducted several hearings, but the trial court refused to grant Mr. McMillian a new trial despite overwhelming evidence of innocence, including the recantation of the States main witness, Ralph Myers. Bryan appealed the ruling and the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial because the State withheld evidence of Mr. McMillians innocence. Bryan filed a motion to dismiss all charges; the trial court granted it after the district attorney acknowledged Mr. While the movie condenses the six years of litigation, it mostly tracks the actual account presented in the book. Mr. McMillians claim of innocence attracted national attention as 60 Minutes broadcast a story about the case. The movie accurately introduces other people represented by Bryan Stevenson, including Herbert Richardson, a Vietnam War veteran who was executed in 1989, and Anthony Ray Hinton, who spent nearly 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. What made the Walter McMillian case unique? Sadly, while the McMillian case had some unique features, there are actually lots of people who are innocent who have been sentenced to death in the United States. Because Mr. McMillian was accused of a crime that took place in Monroeville, Alabama, the community where Harper Lee grew up and wrote the beloved novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there were interesting dynamics at play in the case. While the Monroeville community loves the Mockingbird story and took great pride in its association with the fictional characters of the book, there was tremendous resistance to recognizing Mr. McMillians innocence despite overwhelming evidence. Walter McMillian and Ralph Myers were both placed on death row before going to trial, which is illegal and a rare form of coercion. After Mr. Myers agreed to give false testimony against Mr. McMillian, he was removed from death row. Mr. McMillian spent 15 months on death row awaiting his trial in an effort to pressure him into pleading guilty. The case was unique as well because the trial judge, Robert E. Lee Key Jr., moved the trial from Monroe County, which is over 40 percent black, to Baldwin County, which had a much smaller black population, making a nearly all-white jury more likely. Despite that change of venue, the jury that convicted Mr. McMillian of capital murder sentenced him to life imprisonment without parole. In Alabama, the trial judge has the authority to override a jurys verdict of life and impose the death penalty, which is what happened. Judge override of life verdicts has been a unique characteristic of the death penalty in Alabama. The Walter McMillian case is also significant because it was one of the very early cases where a death row prisoner was proved innocent after being sentenced to death despite death penalty reforms in the 1970s and early 1980s. What happened to Walter McMillian after his release? Walter McMillian stayed in Alabama after his release. Bryan and the staff at EJI filed civil rights lawsuits against state and local officials for putting him on death row before his trial and for violating his rights. The case settled out of court after several years of litigation. Because police, prosecutors, and judges are immune from judgments that require them to make payments to people victimized by abuse of authority and wrongdoing, the settlement compensation was much less than had been hoped. An effort to make the sheriff accountable went all the way to the United States Supreme Court, but the Court ruled that the sheriff could be protected from liability based on immunity laws. With the money that was obtained for Mr. McMillian, he was able to work in Monroe County selling scrap metal. About 10 years after his release, he began showing symptoms of early onset dementia, which some doctors believed was caused by the trauma of his ordeal on death row. McMillian died in 2013.  He and Bryan remained close friends, occasionally traveling together to talk to audiences about the death penalty. They appeared at a United States Senate hearing shortly after Mr. McMillians release to testify about the need for ending the death penalty and for reform of the criminal justice system. Read Mr. McMillians statement. How often are innocent people sentenced to death? Since 1973,  more than 165 people  have been released from death row after evidence of their innocence was uncovered. A shocking rate of error has emerged: for every nine people executed in this country, one innocent person has been exonerated. Wrongful convictions have been found to result from erroneous eyewitness identifications, false and coerced confessions, misconduct by police and prosecutors, inadequate legal defense, false or misleading forensic evidence, and perjury by witnesses who are promised lenient treatment or other incentives in exchange for their testimony. Nine people have been  exonerated in Alabama. Walter McMillian, Randall Padgett, Gary Drinkard, Louis Griffin, Wesley Quick, James Cochran, Charles Bufford, Anthony Ray Hinton, and Daniel Moore were found not guilty of the crimes that originally put them on Alabamas death row. How does the Just Mercy book differ from the movie? The book provides much more historical context for the issues raised in the movie and provides detail about our nations evolving embrace of mass incarceration and excessive punishment. The book discusses many more clients and cases than the McMillian case depicted in the movie. The book focuses a lot on Bryan and EJIs work challenging the adult prosecution of children, some of whom were condemned to die in prison when they were 13 or 14 years of age. Bryan explores the evolution of mass incarceration and the impact on the poor, people of color, and people who are disfavored. The impact of over-incarceration on the mentally disabled and the growing numbers of people sentenced harshly because of mental illness is detailed. There are chapters that explore the increasing incarceration rates for women and how many women are criminalized for being poor. Bryans own journey dealing with racial bias, police violence, and the enormous obstacles that must be overcome to do justice are more fully developed in the book, which recently was adapted for young adults. How can I learn more about the issues raised in the movie? In addition to reading the book, Just Mercy, you should visit EJI in Montgomery, Alabama. EJI has recently opened a major cultural complex to educate the public about our nations history of racial injustice and the implications of that history for issues like mass incarceration and the death penalty. The Legacy Museum:  From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration opened in April 2018 along with the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which is dedicated to thousands of African American victims of lynching. EJIs Peace and Justice Memorial Center provides daily presentations about EJIs work and the sites. Over 600, 000 people have visited these sites. Visit to take a closer look at the work of EJI.

This is the type of movie that is going to make me emotional, and make a water fall in my eyes. 2 months ago Just Mercy is the kind of story that some people want to shy away from and others want to discredit for reasons of their own since they dont want to own up to the fact that there is and has been a serious issue with the police and people of color in this country for a long time now. While the issue gets blown out of proportion by people taking it upon themselves to be offended for folks that dont know they exist, stories such as this do happen as it was proven with attorney Bryan Stevenson and the defendant Walter McMillian. When Walter was accused of murdering a white woman he had plenty of witnesses to state that he was 11 miles away at another even when it happened, and not all of them had reason to lie for him which means that the evidence should have been enough. Yet the authorities at that time took it upon themselves to make a scapegoat out of him and imposed a quick over and done trial that lasted only a day and half and used little if any real law to convict him and eventually sentence him to life in jail, which the judge eventually changed to death for no good reason other than he thought that life wasnt enough. Its hard not to feel outrage at this as Abi Travis of Distractify might have so its easy to condemn such actions since the movie Just Mercy is telling a true story no matter how much it might have been embellished to make the movie a little more appealing. The story is one that rests uneasily on the American consciousness since it still stands as something that people dont want to talk about even if they know its happening. Depending on where a person lives they might feel outraged or they might not feel all that much since the idea of due process, a fair trial, and actual justice dont mean the same to everyone. But on the other hand being taken in court by an innocent facade and mountains of evidence given by those that dont want to see a person convicted has been used in the past to get someone off the hook that was guilty and needed to be punished in some way. In other words its too difficult at times to know whos telling the truth and whos just trying to cover up for a crime they committed but cant face up to. In this case however there were enough people stating that McMillian had an airtight alibi and couldnt have possibly committed the crime and there were those that just wanted to see someone punished and thought that a black man would be a good target. Saying that this is a deplorable practice in a nation where race has already been used to tear the populace apart in decades past isnt quite enough, but its a start. Such cases as this prove that some racial tensions havent resolved yet and no matter how badly we want it, the issue of race hasnt dissolved as much as it needs to. The fact that the movie took from a real story is something that seems fit to hold this up to the public eye and remind everyone that this did in fact happen, that race is in fact still a determining factor in the guilt or innocence of some individuals. Peter Applebome of The New York Times did a piece on this thats kind of intriguing. To think that there are some folks that would look at this and shake their heads and jeer is kind of saddening since it indicates that a lot of people are willing to turn a blind eye to these matters since its not happening to them. I wont like and say that Im a social justice warrior or a crusader of any type, as Im not and wont ever be considering that my view is that such people skew so hard to the left that they forgot long ago what real justice is while favoring the belief that everyone, no matter if theyre guilty or innocent, should be given the benefit of the doubt. The far right isnt any better since their beliefs are just as nutty but from a different perspective. This movie highlights the need to treat people like people, not based on color, race, or anything else, but based on the fact that theyre human, they have the same needs, desires, and also need to have the same ability to defend themselves when accused of something and the same hope that justice will win out at some point and work for them as its supposed to. Some might think this is an SJWs ideal movie but really its something that we all need to pay attention to no matter our perspective on it. Being a true story doesnt change that fact one way or another. About The Author Tom Foster More from this Author Wake has been a freelance writer for the past several years now and has continued to do what he loves to do while attempting to get his work out to the masses. His greatest loves in life are writing, being a family man, and entertaining readers with his take on pop culture as it continues to change throughout the years.

Following a limited release in late December, Just Mercy came to theaters nationwide last week, and it proved to be a modest critical and commercial success. The real-story drama secured strong reviews and it also earned a rare A-plus CinemaScore, proving that the emotionally-stirring new movie has made an impact. But just how accurate is Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and Brie Larson, to Bryan Stevenson's true story? Adapted from Bryan Stevenson's memoir of the same name, Just Mercy details the MacArthur grant-winning lawyer's early years of fighting for the life and rights of inmates on Death Row in Georgia. The resulting film is a compelling, investing story, but how closely does it follow Stevenson's life story and his career dedicated to helping others? Based on what we know about this man and his legal cases, let's explore Just Mercy 's accuracies. Naturally, since we will be discussing the true story behind the movie, you can expect major spoilers for Just Mercy to follow from this point forward. Bryan Stevenson Did Get Walter McMillian Exonerated From Death Row The crux of Just Mercy centers around Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) fighting to bring Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) out of death row for a murder conviction he firmly believes — and later knows with absolutely certainty — was falsely placed on the inmate. The beginning of Just Mercy shows Walter McMillian on his way home from work before he's stopped by law enforcement and accused of a crime he couldn't have committed. The narrative mainly tracks Stevenson's side of the story, as he gets acquainted with McMillian's family, friends, and fellow townspeople and finds himself working hard to clear McMillian's name in a town where many folks are hard-pressed in their beliefs that McMillian killed an 18-year-old girl. Just Mercy details Bryan Stevenson's hard-fought legal battles as he tries to bring Walter McMillan back home after six long years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. The details depicted in Just Mercy are largely accurate to the information surrounding the publicized case, although because it's a two-hour narrative movie (with a screenplay based on Stevenson's perspective) one could argue that details found in this particular story are ultimately more complex and nuanced than how they're ultimately portrayed in the film. But that's always the case with dramatization versus reality. As Just Mercy depicts, Bryan Stevenson worked tirelessly to make Walter McMillian the first person in Alabama history to be freed from death row, from a retrial that Stevenson worked hard to secure between 1988 through 1993, when Stevenson's client was finally released from all charges. Unfortunately, when McMillian was freed from prison, the weight of his time on death row weighed heavily on him, as the film tragically notes toward the end credits. McMillian died in 2013, battling early on-set dementia. When he was in treatment for this disease, McMillian started to believe he was back on death row, as Stevenson wrote in his book, and it painted a sad and painful existence during Walter McMillian's final few years in this world. Many Of The Events Depicted In Just Mercy Happened While Bryan Stevenson Was Working On Different, Separate Cases Just Mercy follows Bryan Stevenson's 2014 memoir of the same name closely. The events depicted in the film are often taken from Stevenson's life and pen, and the narrative that unfolds is based largely on Stevenson's life and career. Nevertheless, since Just Mercy focuses primarily on Stevenson's working relationship with Walter McMillion, many of the other cases depicted in the movie were ultimately not included in the story. A few of the incidents depicted in Just Mercy, including Stevenson's strip search by a prison guard and intense encounter with local police, happened while the defense lawyer was working on other cases with separate death row inmates. While they are truthful, they did not happen in the movie's timeline. Going off those two examples, the subplot about Bryan Stevenson having trouble with a disgruntled white prison guard (Hayes Mercure) who tells Stevenson that he must be strip searched before he can visit the inmates, only to learn to trust Stevenson and see the value of his legal practices, is a story that happened with a separate case in a different prison while Stevenson was working with another client. It was placed into this narrative to condense the story into a more contained timeline. Similarly, the scene where Bryan Stevenson gets a gun pulled on him by a police officer during a traffic stop is also when Stevenson was working on a separate case, although the real-life story found the lawyer in his car in front of his apartment. Walter McMillian's Story Did Get Featured On 60 Minutes As Bryan Stevenson works to clear the public's media-twisted perception of Walter McMillian, Stevenson uses the media to his case's advantage by presenting the story to 60 Minutes, where the lawyer, the inmate, Ralph Myers (an excellent Tim Blake Nelson) the man who wrongfully accused Walter McMillian of murder under pressure from the authorities, and Tommy Chapman (Rafe Spall) the District Attorney who was convinced of Walter McMillian's guilt, were all interviewed on the nightly news segment. If you wish to watch the real-life segment, which was pretty accurately recreated in the movie, you're in the luck. The clip is available in full on YouTube, and you can watch it for yourself to see the film's real-life personalities speak. The Judge Was Actually Named Robert E. Lee Key Jr. Believe it or not, the judge that presided the case was named Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee Key, to be more specific. This is the judge that felt Walter McMillion needed to get the death penalty, even though there was limited evidence against him and the jury felt he should get a life sentence instead. As the movie notes, the judge called the crime a "vicious and brutal killing" of a woman "in the first flower of adulthood. Additionally, the judge seen in Just Mercy who believes McMillian is still guilty is named Judge Foster, but it's based on Judge Thomas B. Norton Jr., who presided the case but appeared to believe similar ideas. The more inflammatory quotes uttered by "Judge Foster" in this scene, notably, were taken from Norton's words. Tom Chapman Reportedly Had More Animosity Towards Bryan Stevenson Than Just Mercy Depicted While Tom Chapman isn't necessarily made to be the "bad guy" in Just Mercy, he is a considerably opposing force throughout the course of the film, showcasing both indifference to McMillian's potential innocence, then strong-willed belief that he is guilty of these crimes. As Just Mercy goes from the source material's description of the man, it paints him as a character who plays a critical role in both holding McMillian in jail and later leading to his release from death row when he accepts publicly that the evidence suggesting Walter's innocence is overwhelming. As it turns out, this portrayal of Chapman might be softer than Chapman's character in real-life, based on what is presented in Pete Earley's 1995 book, Circumstantial Evidence. In the 1995 book, as it was reported by Slate, Bryan Stevenson and Tom Chapman were reportedly even more bitter towards each other than Just Mercy (both the book and the movie) would lead you to believe. Chapman is quoted as saying that Stevenson doesn't "know [him] or anything about [him. and he implied that he was a big-time Harvard lawyer who was acting morally superior than everyone else in town. Also, Chapman wanted to know what "right" did Stevenson have to "lecture [him] about his morals. Additionally, Chapman was known to complain to the press in regular intervals about the case and Stevenson, and he claimed that 60 Minutes was "irresponsible" in their coverage of Walter McMillian's ongoing case. Furthermore, it sounds like Stevenson didn't really care much for Chapman either, even more so than it was depicted in the movie or in his own book. Overall, it appears that Just Mercy does a pretty darn good job of depicting the accuracies of this Atlanta case, particularly by Hollywood standards. While the story is most certainly dramatized, featuring heavy performances and emotional moments, it's apparent that director/co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton wanted to stick close to the facts as they were presented in Bryan Stevenson's memoir of the same name. Not only to make a concentrated effort to provide realistic and authentic tale of corruption, false conviction, and the power of those righteous few who stand up for what's right, even against all costs, to free innocent people of terrible sentences, but in a firm effort to do justice to Bryan Stevenson's story, which Just Mercy reveres. Notably compared to other recent dramatizations of real life stories, Just Mercy appears to be a fittingly truthful depiction of Bryan Stevenson's life and career as a lawyer fighting for the rights of prisoners and death row inmates. But what do you think of the new drama? If you saw the movie and you were taken by Bryan Stevenson and Walter McMillian's real-life story, let us know your thoughts on Just Mercy and more in the comments below.

I went into this film with no expectations at all, didn't even really know what the film was about, just saw the really exciting cast and I was in. Nothing would have prepared me for the totally shocking. True Story. that was told in this film, it has stayed with me ever since I watched it.
I'm not sure I know enough words in the English dictionary to describe the total disbelief in the whole story and journey of Walter McMillian and Bryan Stevenson played by Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan respectively. Needless to say that I had never heard of the central case of this film involving Mr McMillian nor the incredible work of Mr Stevenson and his organisation. I think it definitely benefited my viewing experience because I really had no idea what was going to happen.
Wow what an emotional roller coaster in many respects. I have complete and utter disgust with the pathetic case that was brought against Walter McMillian in the first place. basically the police needed to desperately catch someone so they intimidated another death row inmate to testify against an innocent man, so he could get a reduced sentence. Then there is the small fact of not using the witness accounts of black people who would prove Mr McMillian's innocence. nor have any black people on the jury. br> Then there is the other side of the emotion. from disgust and almost anger, to just outright sadness. this film is deeply horrifying and sad due to the nature of the subject matter. the scene when Herbert Richardson gets executed, is a huge emotional punch to the gut. it must also be said that the end credits are also just as educationally horrifying. thankfully there are some silver linings!
All of this going through my head is obviously due to the film being good. oh yeah did I not mention that. why is the Imdb score so low. The directing is solid but nothing mind blowing. it didn't need to be. The acting in this film is what just adds that extra special touch to elevate the film from good to great, for me! Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson all of whom are just great in the film. no more to say. br> Overall I am just shocked by the story, it took my breath away! Being from the UK where the death penalty has not been accepted for quite some time. it is completely dumfounding why its still used and accepted in the US. Yeah those statistics at the end is almost vomit inducing. 80% out of 100 its a very good film highly recommend. people need to hear this story, peoples eyes need to be opened.

Can't wait to see Stroheim return. WHERE'S WALLACE AT. Can someone please get a reunion organised for Jamie and his teacher! He mentions her all the time, it's so adorable. Filmdaten Originaltitel Just Mercy Produktionsland USA Originalsprache Englisch Erscheinungsjahr 2019 Länge 137 Minuten Altersfreigabe FSK 12 [1] Stab Regie Destin Daniel Cretton Drehbuch Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham Produktion Asher Goldstein, Gil Netter Musik Joel P. West Kamera Brett Pawlak Schnitt Nat Sanders Besetzung Brie Larson: Eva Ansley Michael B. Jordan: Bryan Stevenson Jamie Foxx: Walter McMillian OShea Jackson Jr. Anthony Ray Hinton Rafe Spall: Tommy Chapman Rob Morgan: Herbert Richardson Tim Blake Nelson: Ralph Myers Drew Scheid: Linus Steve Coulter: Richter Buren Rhoda Griffis: Richterin Pamela Bachab Tonea Stewart: Mrs. Coleman Claire Bronson: Mrs. Chapman Just Mercy (engl. für „Einfach Gnade“) ist ein Gerichtsfilm von Destin Daniel Cretton, der im September 2019 im Rahmen des Toronto International Film Festivals seine Premiere feierte, am 25. Dezember 2019 in ausgewählte US-amerikanische Kinos kam und am 27. Februar 2020 in die deutschen Kinos kommen soll. In der Filmbiografie wird zum einen der Fall Walter McMillian aufgegriffen, zum anderen zeigt der Film die Arbeit des Strafverteidigers Bryan Stevenson, der McMillian vor Gericht vertreten hatte. Handlung [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Dem jungen afroamerikanischen Anwalt Bryan Stevenson stehen nach seinem Abschluss in Harvard eigentlich alle Türen offen. Er jedoch entscheidet sich gegen einen lukrativen Job und begibt sich nach Alabama, um die zu Unrecht Verurteilten mit Unterstützung von Eva Ansley zu verteidigen, die dort die von ihm ins Leben gerufene Equal Justice Initiative betreut. Einer seiner ersten Fälle ist der von Walter McMillian, bekannt als Johnny D., der für einen Mord an einem 18-jährigen Mädchen 1987 zum Tode verurteilt wurde, allerdings auf der Grundlage einer einzigen Zeugenaussage. Zudem weist die Geschichte des angeblichen Tathergangs Ungereimtheiten auf. Auch die Tatsache, dass Johnny den Tag des Mordes mit seiner Familie verbracht hat, was 20 Personen bezeugen können, wurde bei dem Urteil ignoriert. Bereits vor seiner Verurteilung war Johnny im Todestrakt untergebracht worden, um sich schon einmal an diesen zu gewöhnen. Einer seiner anderen Fälle ist der von Herb Richardson, der bei einem Bombenanschlag eine Frau tötete. Seine Hinrichtung kann Stevenson nicht verhindern, und so stirbt der Vietnam-Veteran auf dem elektrischen Stuhl. [2] Biografisches [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] „Als Schwarzer wird man dauernd verdächtigt, beschuldigt, misstrauisch beobachtet, für schuldig befunden und sogar gefürchtet. Die Bürde, die Schwarze damit zu tragen haben, lässt sich nur verstehen, wenn wir uns gründlich mit der Geschichte des Rassenunrechts auseinandersetzen. “ – Bryan Stevenson in Ohne Gnade Der Anwalt und Bürgerrechtler Bryan Stevenson vertrat in seiner Karriere unter anderem den zum Tode verurteilten Walter McMillian Der Film basiert auf dem teils biografisch, teils autobiografischen Roman Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption von Bryan Stevenson, der als bestes literarisches Werk in der Kategorie Sachliteratur mit dem NAACP Image Award ausgezeichnet wurde. Der Bestseller wurde 2015 in einer Übersetzung von Jürgen Neubauer unter dem Titel Ohne Gnade. Polizeigewalt und Justizwillkür in den USA veröffentlicht. [3] Der 1959 geborene afroamerikanische Jura-Professor und Bürgerrechtler wurde im Jahr 2011 mit dem Four Freedoms Award in der Kategorie Freiheit von Furcht geehrt. Stevenson, der sich seit Anfang der 1980er Jahre darauf konzentriert, Todeskandidaten das Leben zu retten, schildert in seinem Buch ergreifende Schicksale. Dabei gingen die Schilderung der letzten Minuten oft an die Grenze des Erträglichen, so Michael Groth von Deutschlandfunk Kultur. [4] In dem Buch heißt es, als Schwarzer werde man dauernd verdächtigt, beschuldigt, misstrauisch beobachtet, für schuldig befunden und sogar gefürchtet. Die Bürde, die Schwarze damit zu tragen haben, lasse sich nur verstehen, wenn man sich gründlich mit der Geschichte des Rassenunrechts auseinandersetze. Die Menschen, für die sich Stevenson als Gründer und Geschäftsführer der „Equal Justice Initiative“ (EJI) einsetzt, die Fälle neu aufrollt, sind fast immer bitterarm und sehr häufig afroamerikanischer Abstammung, die keinen Rechtsbeistand gestellt bekommen oder nur pro forma durch schlecht bezahlte und entsprechend kaum vorbereitete Pflichtverteidiger verteidigt werden. Seit 1989 engagieren sich Stevenson und sein Team für lebenslänglich Verurteilte ohne Aussicht auf vorzeitige Entlassung sowie für als Mörder verurteilte Todeskandidaten. In den 26 Jahren ihres Bestehens konnte die Initiative allein in Alabama mehr als 100 Hinrichtungen verhindern. [3] Stevenson beschreibt in Just Mercy ausführlich den Fall Walter McMillian, der erste Todeskandidat, dessen Verteidigung er nach seinem Abschluss in Harvard übernahm. Dieser war fünf Jahre zuvor wegen eines Mordes Mitte der 1980er Jahre verurteilt worden. [5] Der Vorwurf, der Afroamerikaner habe 1987 in Alabama eine weiße Frau getötet, war derart absurd konstruiert, dass McMillian schließlich freigesprochen und 1993 aus dem Todestrakt entlassen wurde. Er starb 2013 einsam und verwirrt in einer sozialen Einrichtung. [4] Produktion [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Regie führte Destin Daniel Cretton, der gemeinsam mit Andrew Lanham auch das Drehbuch nach Stevensons Roman Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption verfasste. [5] Michael B. Jordan übernahm die Hauptrolle des jungen Anwalts und Harvard-Absolventen Bryan Stevenson. Brie Larson spielt Eva Ansley, die die Equal Justice Initiative vor Ort betreut, Jamie Foxx den zum Tode verurteilten Walter McMillian, um dessen Verteidigung sie sich bemühen. OShea Jackson übernahm die Rolle von Anthony Ray Hinton, der sich ebenfalls im Todestrakt befindet, und Karen Kendrick spielt McMillians Ehefrau Minnie. Tim Blake Nelson spielt Ralph Myers, Rob Morgan den Todeskandidaten Herbert 'Herb' Richardson. [2] Die Dreharbeiten fanden in Conyers in Georgia und in Montgomery in Alabama statt. Als Kameramann fungierte Brett Pawlak, als Filmeditor Nat Sanders, der zuletzt für Beale Street und Moonlight von Barry Jenkins in dieser Funktion tätig war. Mit Sanders hatte Cretton bereits bei seinem Film Schloss aus Glas zusammengearbeitet. Das Szenenbild stammt von Sharon Seymour, die ebenfalls an Schloss aus Glas mitgewirkt hat. Die Filmmusik wurde von Joel P West komponiert. Der Soundtrack, der insgesamt 18 Musikstücke umfasst, wurde am 13. Dezember 2019 von WaterTower Music als Download veröffentlicht. [6] Am 6. September 2019 wurde der Film beim Toronto International Film Festival uraufgeführt. Kurz zuvor stellte Warner Bros. den ersten Trailer vor. [7] Weitere Festivalteilnahmen folgten u. a. in London, Chicago und den Hamptons. [5] Am 25. Dezember 2019 kam er in ausgewählte US-amerikanische Kinos und soll am 27. Februar 2020 in die deutschen Kinos kommen. [8] Rezeption [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Altersfreigabe [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] In den USA wurde der Film von der MPAA als PG-13 eingestuft. [9] In Deutschland wurde der Film von der FSK ab 12 Jahren freigegeben. Kritiken und Einspielergebnis [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Der Film konnte bislang 83 Prozent aller Kritiker bei Rotten Tomatoes überzeugen und erhielt hierbei eine durchschnittliche Bewertung von 7 der möglichen 10 Punkte. [9] Owen Gleiberman von Variety schreibt, in einer Szene, in der ein Todeskandidat auf einem Stuhl festgeschnallt und The Old Rugged Cross über das Soundsystem des Gefängnisses gespielt wird und die Gefangenen mit ihren Blechbechern gegen die Gitterstäbe ihrer Zellen schlagen, werde einem der Schrecken des Films besonders deutlich vor Augen geführt. Er beschreibt den Tod, der wie der Todestrakt ein Teil dieses Tötungssystems sei, als eine kranke Erweiterung der Sklaverei und nennt Just Mercy ein Civil Rights-Drama. Destin Daniel Cretton zeichne dabei nicht nur ein Porträt der Ungerechtigkeit, sondern zeige auch, wie Rassismus funktioniere. Jamie Foxx erinnere in seiner Rolle von Johnny daran, dass er ein großartiger Schauspieler ist. OShea Jackson wirke in der Rolle von Anthony Ray Hinton völlig anders als man ihn bislang sehen konnte, und auch Tim Blake Nelson liefere eine großartige Leistung ab. [2] Michael Meyns von der Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater bemerkt, Cretton bediene in einem betont ruhigen Film dezidiert nicht die Muster typischer Gerichtsfilme, und schon nach wenigen Minuten bestehe kein Zweifel über die Unschuld von William McMilian, die auch am Ende nicht mit überraschenden Zeugen oder einem besonders brillanten Plädoyer bewiesen wird, wie es in diesem Genre meist der Fall ist. Statt dessen richte sich Crettons Blick auf das große Ganze, auf eine Gesellschaft, die sich stets einredet, dass Gerechtigkeit ihr höchstes Gut ist und dabei kaum merkt, wie tief Vorurteile und Rassismus in ihr verhaftet sind. Der Umstand, dass die Figuren im Film die Demütigungen in sich hineinfressen, lasse Just Mercy zu einem kraftvollen Film werden, so Meyns weiter: „So offensichtlich sind die Ungerechtigkeiten dieses Justizsystems, dass es reicht, sie mit großer Ruhe zu benennen und unermüdlich um Reformen zu kämpfen. “ [10] Die weltweiten Einnahmen des Films aus Kinovorführungen belaufen sich auf 37, 2 Millionen US-Dollar. [11] Auszeichnungen [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Auszeichnung als Bester Nebendarsteller ( Jamie Foxx) Aufnahme in die 10 Best Films of 2019 [12] American Black Film Festival 2020 Nominierung als Film des Jahres [13] Black Reel Awards 2020 Nominierung als Bester Film Nominierung als Bester Nebendarsteller (Jamie Foxx) Nominierung als Bestes Ensemble (Carmen Cuba) 14] Chicago International Film Festival 2019 Auszeichnung mit dem Publikumspreis ( Destin Daniel Cretton) 15] Heartland International Film Festival 2019 Auszeichnung mit dem Audience Choice Award – Special Presentation (Destin Daniel Cretton) Auszeichnung mit dem Overall Audience Choice Award (Destin Daniel Cretton) 16] NAACP Image Awards 2020 Nominierung für das Beste Drehbuch (Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham) Nominierung als Bester Hauptdarsteller (Michael B. Jordan) Nominierung als Bester Nachwuchsschauspieler ( Rob Morgan) Nominierung für die Beste Besetzung [17] National Board of Review Awards 2019 Auszeichnung mit dem NBR Freedom of Expression Award [18] Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards 2020 Auszeichnung mit dem Spotlight Award (Jamie Foxx) 19] Screen Actors Guild Awards 2020 Literatur [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Bryan Stevenson: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Spiegel & Grau, 2014. ISBN 9780812984965 Bryan Stevenson: Ohne Gnade. Polizeigewalt und Justizwillkür in den USA, Piper, München 2015. ISBN 978-3-492-05722-6 Weblinks [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] Just Mercy in der Internet Movie Database (englisch) Just Mercy im Programm des Toronto International Film Festivals (englisch) Just Mercy – Main Trailer von Warner Bros. Pictures bei YouTube (Video, englisch) Einzelnachweise [ Bearbeiten, Quelltext bearbeiten] ↑ Freigabebescheinigung für Just Mercy. Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (PDF; Prüf­nummer: 196003/K. ↑ a b c Owen Gleiberman: Toronto Film Review: Just Mercy. In: Variety, 6. September 2019. ↑ a b Michael Saager: Die Vollstreckungsgesellschaft. In: fluter, 25. Dezember 2015. ↑ a b Michael Groth: Bryan Stevenson „Ohne Gnade“: Plädoyer für die Menschlichkeit. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 16. Januar 2016. ↑ a b c Dave McNary: Just Mercy. Ford V Ferrrari' Tapped for Hamptons Film Festival. In: Variety, 23. August 2019. ↑ 'Just Mercy' Soundtrack Details. In: 12. Dezember 2019. ↑ Garth Franklin: First Trailer: Michael B. Jordan In „Just Mercy“. In: 3. September 2019. ↑ Starttermine Deutschland In: Abgerufen am 21. Dezember 2019. ↑ a b Just Mercy. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Abgerufen am 13. Januar 2020. ↑ Michael Meyns: Just Mercy. In: Abgerufen am 23. Januar 2020. ↑ Just Mercy. In: Abgerufen am 4. Februar 2020. ↑ Abid Rahman: Jordan Peele's 'Us' Named Best Film by African-American Film Critics Association. In: The Hollywood Reporter, 10. Dezember 2019. ↑ American Black Film Festival Announces 2020 'Movie of the Year' Nominees. In: 18. Dezember 2019. ↑ Wilson Morales: 20th Annual Black Reel Awards – Nominees Announced. In: 11. Dezember 2019. ↑ Audience Choice Awards Announced For 55th Chicago International Film Festival. In: Abgerufen am 30. Oktober 2019. ↑ 28th Annual Heartland International Film Festival Announces Filmmaker Award winners. In: 22. Oktober 2019. ↑ Erik Anderson: 2020 NAACP Awards: Billy Porter, Lizzo, Regina King, Angela Bassett up for Entertainer of the Year. In: 9. Januar 2020. ↑ Marianne Garvey: National Board of Review names 'The Irishman' best film of 2019. In: 4. Dezember 2019. ↑ Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Awards. In: 2. Januar 2020.

So the white man who was wrongfully convicted works on a parole board. La voie de la justice watch full 2017. Haha this is pretty accurate. Only ONE thing: please stop saying naan bread. It's just naan. Naan means bread. So you're saying bread bread. Same goes for chai tea. It's just chai Otherwise hilarious. There's a reason Jamie Foxx is calling his new film Just Mercy "one of the most important movies that I've ever been a part of. "  And why co-star and producer Michael B. Jordan felt, as he told Variety in October, a sense of responsibility to tell this story, to make sure as many people as possible could see this film. And why, when fellow co-star Brie Larson learned of the story the film would be telling, it "just gave [her] this fire inside. And why director Destin Daniel Cretton, when finishing the book written by Bryan Stevenson that the film would be based on, sent to him by his longtime producer Gil Netter, wanted to be a part of it any way I could. And why former President Barack Obama put it on his shortlist of favorite films of 2019.  And that's because the story of Walter McMillian, a black Alabama man wrongfully convicted in 1988 of the brutal murder of 18-year-old white woman Ronda Morrison despite zero physical evidence tying him to the case and an air-tight alibi, and the dogged and ultimately successful plight to exonerate him after six years spent on death row is shamefully a very true one, offering a sobering look into the ways in which the American criminal justice system often fails poor and minority communities alike. While Stevenson's 2014 memoir of the same name is about the lawyer and social justice activist, who took home the People's Champion Award at the 2018 People's Choice Awards among his many, many distinctions, tells the story of his work as the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., a non-profit dedicated to providing a defense for anyone in the state sentenced to the death penalty, as it's the only one in the country that does not provide legal assistance to people on death row, it was the chapters on his work on behalf of McMillian that Cretton told Buzzfeed News he devoured in one sitting and convinced him the true story needed to be told on the big screen. It's not hard to see why. After Morrison's body was found under a rack of clothing in the Jackson Cleaners in Monroeville, Ala., bludgeoned, strangled and shot three times in the back on November 1, 1986, the murder went unsolved for months, putting newly elected sheriff Tom Tate under a lot of pressure to find the person responsible for the heinous crime. But when police arrested Ralph Meyers on suspicion of murdering another woman in a nearby country, Tate began to present his case. Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures Investigators told Myers that they believed he'd also killed Morrison and that they had witnesses who would testify that he'd committed the crime alongside McMillian, a married pulpwood worker with no criminal record other than a misdemeanor charge stemming form a barroom fight who'd gained a bit of notoriety in his community for having an affair with a white woman, Karen Kelly. (His son had also married a white woman. Myers eventually told the police the two had driven to the cleaners, with McMillian the only one to go inside. In a taped confession, he alleged he'd heard several popping sounds and then entered the building, where he saw Morrison dead. That was enough for Tate, who quickly arrested McMillian, portrayed by Foxx in the film, in June of 1987. The accused explained to the Sheriff that he couldn't have done it because he was at a church fish fry at the time of the murder, something plenty of witnesses could attest to. According to Pete Earley 's book Circumstantial Evidence: Death, Life, and Justice in a Southern Town, Tate reportedly replied, I don't give a damn what you say or what you do. I don't give a damn what your people say either. I'm going to put 12 people on a jury who are going to find your goddamn Black ass guilty. " In an unusually cruel move, McMillian was immediately sent to death row, where he spent 15 months before he even had his day in court. (Myers, who was jointly indicted with McMillian on December 11, 1987, pleaded guilty as a conspirator in the murder and received a 30-year prison sentence. When that day finally came, on August 15, 1988, presiding Judge Robert E. Lee Key, Jr. had the trial moved from a county that was 40 percent black to Baldwin County, where 86 percent of the residents were white. Shockingly, it lasted just a day and a half.  On August 17, 1988, a jury of 11 white citizens and one African-American found McMillian "guilty of the capital offense charged in the indictment" and recommended a life sentence based the testimony of Myers and three others, ignoring multiple alibi witnesses who testified under oath that McMillian was at the fish fry and the fact that there was no physical evidence to implicate him in the crime. Jake Giles Netter/Warner Bros. It got worse from there. On September 19, Judge key overruled the recommendation of life in prison and imposed the death penalty, remarking at the time that McMillian "deserved to be executed for the brutal killing of a young lady in the first full flower of adulthood. That was all it took to gain the attention of Stevenson, then 28 and the director of the newly formed Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center in Montgomery, in November, who took on the task of appealing the case despite a threatening call from Key himself. "What was so surreal about this case was that all these things that weren't supposed to happen kept happening. he explained on NPR's Fresh Air in 2016. "You know, I went to the prison to meet him first, this condemned man. And he told me that he'd been placed on death row for 15 months before the trial. And I thought, you know, that's not what's supposed to happen. And then I got back to my office, and I got a call from a man named Robert E. Lee Key, who was the judge who had condemned him to time, who told me that I shouldn't take the case, that this was not the kind of case that I should get involved with. " And yet, he did anyway, certain that the wrong man had been sentence to death. "I went to the community and met dozens of African-Americans who were with this condemned man at the time the crime took place 11 miles away who absolutely knew he was innocent. he continued. "And they told the police, and the police didn't do anything. But while Stevenson, portrayed by Jordan in the film, was determined to prove his client's innocence, the state of Alabama was equally determined to make it has hard as possible for him to do so. From 1990 to 1993, four appeals were denied by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. However, beginning in 1992, things began to come to light that eventually made it impossible to ignore McMillian's case. Meyers told McMillian's trial counsel that the testimony he'd given "agaisnt McMillian was false. confessing that "he knew nothing about the crime, that the was not present when the crime was committed, that he had been told what to say by certain law enforcement officers, and that he had testified falsely against McMillian because of pressure form the officers. "  Despite this, a 1992 petition for a new trial alleging constitutional violations was denied. A year later, though, even more evidence pointing to gross miscarriages of justice was unearthed. It was revealed that McMillian's truck, allegedly seen by witnesses at the scene of the crime, hadn't been converted to a "low-rider" until six months after the crime took place, despite claims that it had been seen in that modified state. The two witnesses recanted their testimony and admitted that they'd perjured themselves at trial. Furthermore, it emerged that District Attorney Theodore Pearson had failed to disclose evidence that pointed to McMillian's innocence, a witness who'd seen Morrison alive at the time when prosecutors claimed he'd killed her. Not only that, but after obtaining the original recording of Myers' confession, it was revealed that the tape's reverse side contained a recording of a conversation between Myers and the police in which he complained about being forced to implicate McMillian, a man he didn't even know. "It was pretty surreal. They did coerce the witnesses to testify falsely against him and for some bizarre reason tape-recorded some of these sessions. Stevenson told NPR. "So you hear this tape where the witness is saying, you want me to frame an innocent man for murder, and I don't feel right about that. And the police officers are saying, well, if you don't do it, we're going to put you on death row, too. And they actually did put the testifying witness on death row for a period of time until he agreed to testify against Mr. McMillian. Other witnesses were given money in exchange for their false testimony. With the taped conversation unearthed, new D. A.  Thomas Chapman, who had not been a part of the original case, reportedly told Stevenson, I want to do everything I can so that your client will not have to spend a single day more than he already has on death row. I feel sick about the six years that [McMillian] has spent in prison and the part I played in keeping him there. On February 23, 1993, in his fifth appeal to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the judges unanimously ruled to reverse McMillian's conviction and grant him a new trial. Stevenson then filed a motion to dismiss all charges, which was granted the following week. After his exoneration, on April 1, 1993, McMillian spoke before the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee about the dangers of the death penalty. "There are many things that concern me as I sit here today. I am excited and happier than I can describe to be free. At times, I feel like flying. he began. "However, I am also deeply troubled by the way the criminal system treated me and the difficulty I had in proving my innocence. I am also worried about others. I believe there are other people under sentence of death who like me are not guilty. If federal courts do not permit death row prisoners to prove their innocence, even after many years on death row, and prevent wrongful executions, the hope of many innocent people on death row will be crushed, he continued. "Justice is forever shattered when we kill an innocent man. As the film states in its sobering closing moments, for every nine people executed in this country, one innocent person has been exonerated, a truly astonishing rate of error. ) While his restored freedom was certainly a victory, the wins all but stopped there. Despite joining the defense's quest to free McMillian, Chapman would never concede that there had been a "deliberate effort to frame" the man, claiming his exoneration "proved the system worked. Tate was permitted to remain in office until his retirement in 2018. And after McMillian filed a civil lawsuit against him and other state and local officials, the U. Supreme Court ruled against him, holding that a county sheriff couldn't be sued for monetary damages. He was forced to settle with other officials for an undisclosed amount, instead. McMillian returned home, resuming work as a tree trimmer, but two years later, he broke his neck while trimming a tree and went on partial disability, working part-time taking in junk cars for scrap metal. In a 2000 profile in The New York Times Magazine, he admitted he found it difficult not to be angry. "Sometimes I just want to leave here and never come back. he told the publication. "A lot of people tell me, Man, I'd leave. I tell them: This is my home. I'm innocent. If I leave, first thing people say is: He's guilty. He left. I don't see no reason I should leave my hometown. He also revealed that he often ran into the very same police officers who had played a part in his wrongful imprisonment. ' never got an apology. I see them—the cops—all the time. I see them on the street, at the fruit stand, they say, Hey, Johnny, how ya doing. They'll wave, just as good as anybody, like nothing happened. Every time I see one, I speak to them just like they speak to me. Ain't no sense in me being mad. he explained. Sadly, McMillian was soon diagnosed with dementia, thought to have been brought on by the trauma of his time on death row, during which he watched as eight others were executed, smelling their flesh burning from the electric chair. The dementia left him thinking he was right back there. "When that comes full circle - and he's sick, and he's in a hospital, and he's saying to me, you got to get me off death row again, it's heartbreaking. Stevenson told NPR. "When innocent people are released, we just act like they should be grateful that they didn't get executed. And we don't compensate them many times. We don't help them. We question them. We still have doubts about them. And I saw that create this early onset dementia. McMillian passed away on September 11, 2013. Ultimately, the hope is that, in telling McMillian's story, more people will engage in criminal justice reform. For his part, Stevenson told Variety he's bracing for an uptick in requests for aid once the movie is seen by the masses. (It was given an awards-qualifying limited released on Christmas Day last year. AS he told the trade publication, prior to the 2014 publication of his memoir, the EJI received 100 emails a week looking for legal help. After? 500. And he expect that to double with the film, which is now in wide release. "What I have to figure out is how we're going to meet the need. he said. "There are so many mothers and siblings and spouses whose loved ones didn't get the help they needed. As Stevenson told the Los Angeles Times in early January, Conviction integrity is the thing that we're pushing all across the country. We want prosecutors to be able to open the door, when somebody says they're innocent, examine it. Prove to us that they're wrong. And if they're right, then do something. Just Mercy is in theaters now.

I think its sad that people idolize mobsters. The biggest question I had coming out of Destin Daniel Cretton s handsomely crafted adaptation of Bryan Stevenson s memoir Just Mercy is whether or not people are willing to hear its message. If, like me, you already recognize and agree with its argument that our justice system is broken and has racial prejudices built into it, then you simply sit there and nod. But maybe its not for me. Maybe its for the people who thought Green Book was brilliant because an ordinary white guy learned to respect an extraordinary black guy. I dont know if Just Mercy will break through to those who fail to see larger racial injustice in America, but Cretton and his terrific cast and crew take their best shot to challenge their audience without making them too uncomfortable. In 1987 in Monroe County, Alabama, Walter “Johnny D” McMillian ( Jamie Foxx) is arrested and convicted for the murder of a young white woman. A couple years later, freshly minted attorney Bryan Stevenson ( Michael B. Jordan) comes down to Alabama to help provide legal assistance to inmates on death row including Johnny D. Bryan quickly sees that the case against Johnny D is weak and flimsy, and that his battle isnt against a mountain of evidence but the entrenched racism of the legal system and the white Alabama community. Bryan battles to get Johnny D free, but is confronted by racism, threats, and a system that rests on keeping black men like Johnny D locked up for their labor or their lives. Image via Warner Bros. I fully recognize that a lot of people dont seek out entertainment thats a bummer. Its very easy for me to recommend a great miniseries like When They See Us, but I understand that a lot of viewers, however well-meaning, dont want to go through an emotional ringer that also functions as a damning indictment of the American justice system. Just Mercy is a friendly compromise. It tells its audience that theyll get a well-made, terrifically acted drama that has the structure of a procedural and in exchange theyll maybe reconsider their preconceived notions about the justice system and systemic racial injustice. For some, this compromise is no good. If you already agree with its argument, then this is just Cretton preaching to the choir. I lean more towards that camp. I believe that we cannot change unless we are challenged, and we cannot be challenged without conflict. Some degree of hardship is necessary to impart a message, and so I require a gut punch that Just Mercy consciously avoids in favor of uplifting themes like hope and dignity. Its by no means a “light” movie; they show the gruesomeness of an execution and how a system of “justice” rests on something thats not only inhumane, but also used to threaten inmates to give false testimony, thus further perpetuating injustice. And yet it also works to be palatable and avoids condemning its audience. Its an activist sales pitch, but I was sold on its argument before I walked into the theater. For others, the world of Just Mercy is liberal rubbish. If you spit out terms like “social justice warrior” or dismissively employ “woke” as an insult, then youre likely not interested in the world Just Mercy presents. You probably believe all criminals are guilty. The system works and if youre upset that its working against the black community, then thats just your white guilt. And what about justice for the victim? What about her family? What of them? What about all the death row inmates who are guilty? Isnt it better that perhaps the occasional innocent man (who was probably no angel. suffer rather than one guilty man go free? I doubt this group will bother even showing up for Just Mercy. My hope is that this movie will reach Green Book fans. Since the film is in an activist mold and clearly stakes out its stance (which I prefer to some wishy-washy “cant we all get along” bromide) I hope it can convince audiences to widen their gaze. Cretton certainly does everything in his power to make the film as engaging as possible. Its beautifully shot, has a great score, and Jordan and Foxx are Oscar-worthy. You may not get to know Stevenson as a three-dimensional person with shortcomings and foibles, but in Jordans eyes you can see how much Bryan cares about this fight and his passion for justice. He cares, so we care. Thats what a magnetic and talented actor does. Its difficult to judge a film based on a hypothetical audience, but the strength of the narrative hinges on the strength of its message. The question I keep puzzling over is whether anyone is willing to hear that message in an increasingly polarized age. I dont have an answer for that. I know that Just Mercy is on the right side of history. I know that no single film can upend an entire system predicated on racial injustice. And I know just because I agree with a films politics that doesnt mean the film is good (for example, I think Michael Moores documentaries are garbage even though I agree with him politically. But Just Mercy is a well-intentioned and, more importantly, well-made film that will hopefully connect to those who are willing to entertain its argument that justice isnt just how we treat the people we know, but how we fix a broken system so that it provides justice to everyone. Rating: B.

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