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You can tell that the prosecutor is a Christian Hypocrite. YAYAYAAAYAY LOVE THIS EPISODE. Luta por Justiçà vendre. Jamie keeps touching Michael. Body language that says … I'm so very proud of you. For any other movie, it might be, Man, stop telling them so much or Dude, let's wrap this up! I gotta pee. Odie Henderson December 23, 2019 “Just Mercy” has the misfortune of hitting theaters at the same time as “ Clemency, ” a more daring and better film set on a prisons Death Row. Though the lead characters differ in intent? Michael B. Jordan s activist Bryan Stevenson is trying to get prisoners off the row while Alfre Woodard s warden Bernadine Williams oversees their executions?the two actors each have moments of stillness where they seem to physically vibrate from the internal trauma theyre suppressing. This is built into Woodards character intrinsically, but for Jordan, it feels more like an actor doing his best to rise above the paper-thin characterization he has been given. Stevenson is so noble and flawless that hes a credible bore unless you focus on Jordans physicality. You look into his eyes and see him trying to play something the films cautious tone wont allow: a sense of Black rage. Advertisement Since the days of '50s-era message pictures, the majority of films about African-American suffering have always been calibrated the way “Just Mercy” is, with an eye to not offending White viewers with anything remotely resembling Black anger. We can be beaten, raped, enslaved, shot for no reason by police, victimized by a justice system rigged to disfavor us or any other number of real-world things that can befall us, yet God help us if a character is pissed off about this. Instead, we get to be noble, to hold on to His unchanging hand while that tireless Black lady goes “hmmm-HMMMMM! ” on the soundtrack to symbolize our suffering. Theres a lot of “hmmm-HMMMMM”-ing in this movie, so much so that I had to resist laughing. These clichés are overused to the point of madness. Between this, the equally lackluster “ Harriet ” and the abysmal “ The Best of Enemies, ” that poor womans lips must be damn tired from all that humming. Movies like “Just Mercy” spoon-feed everything to the viewer in easily digestible chunks that assume you know nothing, or worse, dont know any better. They believe that, to win the hearts and minds of racists, you cant depict any complexity lest you ruin the “teachable moment” the film is supposed to be presenting. Its unfortunate that these teachable moments are so often delivered in the exact same, tired manner, as if they were meant for people who are perpetually having to repeat the same grade. Making matters worse, the White perpetrators of injustice are so often one-note villains that they allow for plausible deniability by the viewer: “I cant be racist because Im nowhere near as bad as THAT guy! ” Granted, this is a period piece true story and the film cant bend its real-life people too deeply into dramatic license, but director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton applies a way-too-familiar formula to their personalities. Despite my complaints, I have some admiration for how much “Just Mercy” is willing to interrogate. Its a lot, and I feel some commendation is in order for bringing these issues up at all. Adapting Stevensons memoir, Cretton and his co-writer Andrew Lanham touch upon activists for Death Row prisoners, the value of White lives vs. Black lives, veterans whose PTSD is left unchecked, corrupt law officials, justice system imbalances and, in a subplot anchored by Tim Blake Nelson, the idea that poor people are victimized by law enforcement regardless of what color the impoverished person is. I remember watching the “60 Minutes” profile re-created here, where Stevenson takes the case of Walter McMillian ( Jamie Foxx) to the public. McMillian was on Death Row for a crime he swore he didnt commit, the death of a young White woman. Despite having 17 witnesses vouching for his whereabouts at the time of the murder, an Alabama jury of 11 White men and one Black man convicted McMillian based on the testimony of an ex-con named Ralph Meyers (Nelson. Stevenson took his case to the CBS airwaves after his successful attempt to get McMillians case reopened ended with a judge named after Robert E. Lee discarding Myers admission that hed lied under oath in the first trial. All of this is completely believable in reality, but here, both the corrupt Sheriff Tate ( Michael Harding) and the district attorney are depicted as cartoon villains acting alone rather than in service to a far more racist and corrupt system. You have to wait until midway through the closing credits to discover that Tate was re-elected multiple times after his role in McMillians railroading was exposed. I should mention that this case took place in Monroeville, Alabama, also known as the home of “ To Kill a Mockingbird ” author Harper Lee. I bring up Lee because her book, and its subsequent cinematic adaptation, are ground zero for all the aggravating clichés I mentioned above. So its no coincidence that “Just Mercy” plugs Michael B. Jordan into the Atticus Finch role. Like Gregory Peck in that immortal performance, Jordan has presence, idealism and righteousness on his side. Whats missing is the commanding sense of authority Peck brought to the part, which isnt Jordans fault at all. Stevenson is a somewhat naïve Yankee from Delaware trying to navigate the ways of the Deep South; Finch was an Alabama native with a paternal glow. As Stevensons co-worker Eva, Brie Larson reteams with her “ Short Term 12 ” director but is given little to do other than to be threatened once she re-opens McMillians case. Still, she milks a lot of character out of the simple act of smoking a cigarette. Foxxs McMillian is written in a similarly flat manner, but he shines in his few scenes with fellow Death Row inmate Herbert Richardson ( Rob Morgan. Richardsons arc is the one truly successful element of “Just Mercy, ” and Morgans excellent, heartbreaking performance is being unfairly overshadowed by Foxxs this awards season. A Vietnam vet with severe PTSD, Richardson caused the death of a young girl when a bomb he planted on her porch exploded. Unlike McMillian, Richardson is guilty of the crime and believes he belongs on Death Row. He was unable to get help for his mental issues before he committed his crime, and the prosecutor withheld this information during the trial. Morgan shades his small part with such beautiful, subtle gestures that he becomes the only character who feels fleshed out, complex and real. You feel not only his sense of guilt but the demons that infected his brain during combat. His last, horrific scene is so well acted that it still haunts me; its the only time the viewer is forced to be uncomfortably conflicted, to think about the complicated nature of injustice. I wish the rest of “Just Mercy” had that level of jarring complexity instead of relying on easy tropes to deliver its message. Reveal Comments comments powered by.

Branding for an actor is being good- not being known~DW Nice. I gained as much from Bryan Stevenson's powerful 10 minute TIFF screening introduction as I did from the 2 hour+ movie itself.

His character was void of nuance, overcame no personal obstacle, and experienced no true arc or transformation. Even Jesus Christ faced temptation in the desert. Stevenson being a perfect inspirational hero at every turn makes this narrative hard to connect with below the surface. The well-intentioned message here works as a visual companion to one of his TED talks, but not as compelling cinema. "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...

Luta por justiça elenco. The lead character is based on Bryan Stevenson. If you think this trailer is hokey, listen to the podcast Criminal episode Just Mercy, or listen to his audiobook of the same name. Since 1972, 166 people on death row were found to be INNOCENT, and exonerated by his organization. That means for every 9 people executed, 1 was innocent. Optimism prevailed at even the darkest times. Makes you want to stand up and fight for what is right. Every Black person in Texas should see this Movie. Facts. Oshea Jackson Jr. is on his way UP! I know his dad is so proud of him! ?. Luta por justi c3 a7a en. Luta por justi c3 a7a t. I would like to talk to him about raising dion cus thats the tea.

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This is the type of movie that is going to make me emotional, and make a water fall in my eyes. Luta por Justiçà jour. Who's this based on? I want to read about it before it comes out. Luta por Justiçà vendre dans le quartier. Luta por justiça imdb. Just Mercy is Bryan Stevenson s account of his decades-long career as a legal advocate for marginalized people who have been either falsely convicted or harshly sentenced. Though the book contains profiles of many different people, the central storyline is that of the relationship between Stevenson, the organization he founded (the Equal Justice Initiative, or EJI) and Walter McMillian, a black man wrongfully accused of murder and sentenced to death in Alabama in the late 1980s. Throughout the book, Stevenson provides historical context, as well as his own moral and philosophical reflections on the American criminal justice and prison systems. He ultimately argues that society should choose empathy and mercy over condemnation and punishment. Born to a poor black family in rural Delaware, Stevenson grew up questioning the racial and economic inequality that he witnessed in his community. The story of Stevensons career begins when, while attending Harvard Law School, he interns with the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee (SPDC. After meeting and befriending Henry, a death row inmate, Stevenson recognizes his passion for prison justice and for fighting against the death penalty. He moves to Atlanta to work for the SPDC, and he eventually relocates to Montgomery, Alabama to found EJI. In Alabama, Stevenson represents many death row inmates, though the book focuses on the case of Walter McMillian. A successful black businessman from a poor community in Monroeville, Walter lost his reputation after his affair with Karen Kelly, a white woman. At the same time, the murder of a beloved local white woman, Ronda Morrison, rattled the town. Ralph Myers, a mentally unstable white man involved in criminal activity with Karen Kelly, arbitrarily accused “Karens black boyfriend” of murdering Ronda. The openly racist local sheriff, with the help of the District Attorney and several investigators, pursued Walters conviction. Together, they suppressed evidence, bribed witnesses into false testimony, and forced Myers to testify even after he tried to recant. Walter was convicted of murder by Judge Robert E. Lee Key and sentenced to death, which left his wife Minnie and his five children on their own. While on death row, Walter becomes connected with EJI and Stevenson decides to take on the case. Over the course of a few years, Stevenson and his associates pursue a retrial, a direct appeal, and a postconviction appeal on Walters behalf. Walters family and the rural black community in Monroeville actively support him and collectively feel the suffering of his wrongful conviction and sentence. As Stevenson gets to know the community and uncovers new evidence in Walters case, he uncovers a web of racial discrimination, political corruption, and a long history of suffering. Eventually, a remorseful and reformed Myers contacts EJI and recants his testimony. EJI discovers proof of the bribery and illegal activity used by the State to secure Walters conviction. The deeper EJI gets, the angrier powerful officials and the white community become. EJI receives several bomb threats, but they persist. Following national media coverage of the case, new District Attorney Tom Chapman begins to doubt the integrity of the States conviction and he launches his own investigation. The new state investigation confirms EJIs claims that Walter is innocent. EJI ultimately motions for the state to drop all charges against Walter. The motion is approved and Walter is released after six years on death row. EJI helps Walter to reenter society. Despite his optimism, Walter isnt the same. He and his wife get separated, and he eventually develops anxiety and dementia related to trauma he experienced on death row. Walter and Stevenson remain friends until Walters death. At his funeral, Stevenson gives a speech about all the lessons Walter taught him about resilience, hope, dignity and forgiveness. Interspersed between segments of Walters story, Stevenson also tells the stories of many other individuals treated unfairly by the criminal justice system. EJI takes on the cases of several juveniles sentenced to life in prison for homicide and non-homicide crimes, including Trina Garrett, Antonio Núñez, Ian Manuel, Joe Sullivan, Evan Miller and Ashley Jones. Stevenson describes how each of these children suffered different forms of trauma, abuse, or neglect prior to their crimes. He also illustrates how easily juvenile offenders are abused within the prison system. He makes the case that juvenile offenders deserve special mercy and compassion given their backgrounds (which are often troubled) immature brain development, and capacity for change and redemption. EJI ultimately wins two landmark Supreme Court cases banning life sentences for juvenile offenders. Stevenson writes that EJI has represented low-income mothers falsely accused of murdering their children, such as Marsha Colbey. He illustrates how media sensationalism around “killer moms” has influenced the unreasonable criminalization of poor, drug-addicted and mentally ill mothers. He also argues that the criminal justice system is unfair toward the mentally ill and disabled. He illustrates his argument with the stories of Herbert Richardson and Jimmy Dill, two mentally ill men that EJI unsuccessfully represented during late stages of their cases. Stevenson tells the stories of both mens executions and the profound, heartbreaking impact that their deaths had on him. Throughout the book, Stevenson writes about the histories of different marginalized groups. He describes the racial history of the United States, from slavery through Reconstruction, post-Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, and the modern era. He argues that efforts to oppress and dominate black people have not ended, but have endured through new institutions and social practices. He argues that mass incarceration, which disproportionately affects poor people and minorities, is the latest incarnation of systemic racial and economic violence. Throughout the book, Stevenson describes his own journey by showing how the relationships he has built and cases he has fought have altered his understanding of kindness, hope, justice and mercy. The climax of the story occurs shortly after Walter is diagnosed with advancing dementia, on the night that Jimmy Dill is executed. Completely emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed by the persistence of suffering and injustice, Stevenson considers quitting. He remembers the words of Rosa Parks and Johnnie Carr, two veterans of civil rights whod befriended and encouraged him years ago. Rosa Parks told him his work would make him “tired, tired, tired” and Johnnie Carr explained that was why he had to be “brave, brave, brave. ” Stevenson goes home that night, determined to continue his work.
I believe if you see whatve seen… if they saw children condemn to die in prison, if they saw mental ill people being abused, they will want change, BUT OUR SYSTEM IS SO INSULATED, SO THEY DONT SEE IT. Average rating 4. 64 84, 986 ratings 12, 271 reviews, Start your review of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Not since Atticus Finch has a fearless and committed lawyer made such a difference in the American South. Though larger than life, Atticus exists only in fiction. Bryan Stevenson, however, is very much alive and doing God's work fighting for the poor, the oppressed, the voiceless, the vulnerable, the outcast, and those with no hope. Just Mercy is his inspiring and powerful story. Re-read. This time via audio. Bryan Stevenson is in the Netflix documentary the 13th. I just watched it. I highly recommend it! I'm late to the party so there is not much for me to say about this book that has not already been said. What I will say is that This is a Very Important Book! If you have not read it you must. It should be required reading for high school. I had no idea the injustice that occurred in this country when it came to death row. I live in a state in which the death penalty... UPDATE. I just stepped out of the theater seeing this film. Its absolutely extraordinary… Incredible… I cant recommend it highly enough. I hope it wins best picture of the year… Best actors… Best everything. Bring Kleenex. HONESTLY. was DEEPLY POWERFUL. “We must reform a system of criminal justice that continues to treat people better if they are rich and guilty than if they are poor and innocent. Capital murder requires an intent to kill, and there was a persuasive... I often think that my grandparents and parents lived in interesting times. They saw so many things come about in their day. Theirs were exciting times. Women won the right to vote, slaves were freed, and medical advancements were plenty. It was the time of The Industrial Revolution, electricity, the telephone, planes, trains, and automobiles so to speak. I tend to downplay the important breakthroughs of my life and times, Television, Computers, a second industrial revolution of Technology... 4 stars! What a powerful and inspiring book! Please note, if this was a review of the author, Bryan Stevenson's, career and life story, my rating would be 5+ stars. Words cannot adequately describe how I feel about this selfless man who has spent his career fighting for justice for those who need it most. My rating of 4 stars is simply my review of this book (which is obviously what this site is about. My impression of and respect for Bryan Stevenson as an individual is extremely high and would... Well, I suspect it'll drag you kicking and screaming from your happy place, but I defy you to read Bryan Stevenson's remarkable Just Mercy and not come away affected in some way. If you are at all interested in racial and/or sociopolitical injustice, specifically as it applies to our country's (and more specifically, my adoptive home state, Alabama's) seriously flawed justice and penal systems, this is the book for you. Absolutely haunting, heartbreaking, and unforgettable. “Mercy is just when it is rooted in hopefulness and freely given. ” Let me be honest. I would never have picked this book to read on my own. But it was my church book club selection. This is a powerful, scary book. A young black lawyer takes on death penalty appeal cases in Alabama. And he does this because Alabama didnt provide public defenders for those appeal cases. The book delves into all the aspects of the legal system. It also speaks poignantly on the effects of the larger community when... With all the recent protests across the nation, sparked by the high-profile deaths of several unarmed black men, this is an incredibly timely read. This book is an account of the author, Bryan Stevenson, and his life calling. Stevenson first began helping death row prisoners, mostly black, who had had no legal defense of any kind. He discovered there were thousands who were completely innocent. This led him to start an organization called the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) which is still going... Highly recommended reading for anyone interested in the U. S. justice system (or curious about why some people dont feel they receive equal treatment under the law. In Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson presents what could be dry statistics or empty outrages as stories about real people. However, these stories arent just about people, but the towns and cities where horrible crimes were committed (sparking cries for justice) and the flawed mechanisms we have for... We never read anything in a vacuum. Every book is filtered through the lens of experience, history and daily life. It may have been a coincidence that I read Just Mercy only days after a horrific mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, but it didn't feel like chance. Having such fresh evidence of racism and violence in the South made the events discussed in this book all the more real. Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer in Alabama who works to defend the poor and the... There is nothing I can write to do justice to this exceptional book. Really, the only thing to say is "Read it. But here are a few thoughts: Just Mercy is both horrifying and awe inspiring. I listened to the audio of Just Mercy as read by the author, Bryan Stevenson. I listened to it in 40 minute daily increments as I walked to work or for exercise. Each time I had to turn the audio off, I found it hard to disengage from everything Stevenson has to say about his work as the founder of the... Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption "I…believe that in many parts of this country, and certainly in many parts of this globe, that the opposite of poverty is not wealth… I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice… Ultimately, you judge the character of a society, not by how they treat their rich and the powerful and the privileged, but by how they treat the poor, the condemned, the incarcerated. Because it's in that nexus that we actually begin to... Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is a 2014 Spiegel & Grau publication. This book came to my attention from a couple of Goodreads friends. Their amazing reviews convinced me this book was one I should, and needed, to read. “We have a choice. We can embrace our humanness, which means embracing our broken natures and the compassion that remains our best hope of healing. Or we can deny our brokenness, forswear compassion, and, as a result, deny our own humanity” This man. Bryan Stevenson. Are there... The Force of Forked Lightning Author and civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson has some hard bark on him: for dozens of years now, traveling into the backwater towns of Alabama (and other places in the South) to defend and save the lives of inmates, many of whom were railroaded onto death row. He centers his soul-sparking memoir on the especially egregious case of Walter McMillian in Monroe County, AL, interspersed with brief sketches of examples nationwide proving particular types of injustices in... Just Mercy was heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time. I felt a wide range of emotions while reading it, including sadness, anger, and frustration. I knew our system is broken but I wasn't aware to what extent. It was infuriating to read how far behind the times some states are, most notably, Alabama. Before reading this book, I was fairly confident in my views re: the death penalty, and punishments by imprisonment in general. This book changed my views on some things. Bryan Stevenson is a... Excellent! Especially for readers who care about social justice, inequality in the justice system or abolishing the death penalty. It is already abstractly known that minorities, poor people, mentally disabled and un-parented children are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system and Bryan Stevenson gives us an up-close and personal look at many of these people. Judges, police, prosecutors, jailers, politicians, etc. can be very obtuse and uncaring about them and are given... This book will make your blood boil. While I would have preferred some more nuance in this work (the author cherry picks the most outrageous examples of injustice and the most compelling inmates to argue his cause, understandably so, the majority of us don't possess the amount of empathy Bryan has for people, even the most despicable ones) what Stevenson has done throughout his career to make our world a little bit less awful and a little bit more just, is no less than heroic. His work is hard... Harrowing, but brilliantly done. "Capital punishment means them without the capital get the punishment. I discovered this book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, on display in my local public library and there was something about the title which implored me to pick it up. I had never heard the name Bryan Stevenson before picking up this book and I wasn't aware of the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice he had started to defend the most vulnerable and desperate in our society. Now, Bryan Stevenson is someone... An absolute must-read book for anyone interested in the integrity of the justice system in the U. This book will make you cry, seethe, and grab everyone you know by their lapels and say to them, Do you know this is happenening. How can this be. The author is an attorney and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. The book highlights several cases of people wrongly imprisoned, and sentenced to death, for crimes they clearly did not commit. In other cases, while crimes were committed... “… the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill? ” Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption chronicles the founding, growth, and work of the Equal Justice I
Standing ovation ??????????????????????. Luta por justiça filme 2019. I want to see Jeremys Star Wars ranking of every movie. Luta por justi c3 a7a plus. Luta por justi c3 a7a de. Luta por justi c3 a7a parts. 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. 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Critics Consensus 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. 84% TOMATOMETER Total Count: 244 99% Audience Score Verified Ratings: 10, 035 Just Mercy Ratings & Reviews Explanation Tickets & Showtimes The movie doesn't seem to be playing near you. Go back Enter your location to see showtimes near you. Just Mercy Videos Photos Movie Info A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson. One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx) who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds-and the system-stacked against them. Rating: PG-13 (for thematic content including some racial epithets) Genre: Directed By: Written By: In Theaters: Jan 10, 2020 wide Runtime: 136 minutes Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Cast News & Interviews for Just Mercy Critic Reviews for Just Mercy Audience Reviews for Just Mercy Just Mercy Quotes News & Features.
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