Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
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1986–1993 · Monroeville, Alabama
Walter McMillian & Bryan Stevenson
Disputed justice
Walter McMillian was sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. Bryan Stevenson and his colleagues challenged the prosecution’s evidence and helped secure his release. Just Mercy follows that case within Stevenson’s wider work defending people facing wrongful convictions and extreme punishment.
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When1986–1993
WhereMonroeville, Alabama
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Mockingbird Players: An Excerpt from Just Mercy: A Story of Justice an – Porchlight Book Company
An authorized excerpt from Just Mercy introduces Stevenson’s account of Walter McMillian. Read the excerpt at the publisher’s page.
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Just Mercy
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Just Mercy — Ebook
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Just Mercy — Bryan Stevenson
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Exoneration · Equal Justice Initiative
1993: McMillian’s conviction overturned and charges dismissed
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the conviction, and prosecutors agreed to dismissal. EJI documents the evidence and release; the outcome is an individual exoneration, not a newly enacted law.
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