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Jan 2, 2020 · How accurate is the movie Just Mercy based on the true story of Walter McMillian, a black man wrongfully convicted of murder in Alabama? Find out the facts and compare them with the film's portrayal of the case, the witnesses, the trial and the lawyer Bryan Stevenson.
Walter McMillian was wrongly convicted of murder in Alabama and sentenced to death in 1988. The film Just Mercy, starring Jamie Foxx and Michael B Jordan, tells his story and that of Bryan Stevenson, the lawyer who fought for his justice.
Plot. In 1989, Harvard law graduate Bryan Stevenson travels to Alabama, intending to help defend poor people who cannot afford proper legal representation. Teaming with Eva Ansley, he forms the Equal Justice Initiative in the state capital, Montgomery.
Jan 12, 2020 · Just Mercy is a movie based on the true story of Walter McMillian, a black man wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. The movie shows how his lawyer Bryan Stevenson fought for his justice and exposed the racial bias and corruption in the Alabama judicial system.
Jan 10, 2020 · Learn how Jamie Foxx portrays the Alabama man who spent six years on death row for a murder he didn't commit in the film Just Mercy. Based on the book by Bryan Stevenson, the film exposes the flaws of the American criminal justice system and the fight for justice.
Jan 8, 2020 · Michael B. Jordan says Bryan Stevenson, the heroic lawyer he plays in "Just Mercy," is an "honest" portrayal. What's fact, what's fiction in the film.
Walter McMillian was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit in Alabama. He spent six years on death row before being freed by EJI, which proved his innocence and exposed the systemic flaws in the case.
