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Just Mercy is a 2019 American biographical legal drama film co-written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Michael B. Jordan as Bryan Stevenson, Jamie Foxx as Walter McMillian, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, and Brie Larson. It explores the work of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson who represents poor people on ...
- Just Mercy (Book)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (2014) is a...
- Anthony Ray Hinton
Anthony Ray Hinton (born June 1, 1956) is an American...
- Walter McMillian
Walter "Johnny D." McMillian (October 27, 1941 – September...
- Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson (born November 14, 1959) is an American...
- Rob Morgan
Rob Morgan (born February 24, 1973) is an American actor. He...
- Just Mercy (Book)
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 might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson).
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Oct 30, 2019 · The first is “Just Mercy” starring Michael B. Jordan as civil rights defense lawyer Bryan Stevenson, whose career-long crusade to save individuals from the death penalty and effect criminal ...
Dec 26, 2019 · The film's answer is essentially naked idealism, which is fine as things go, but it makes Stevenson seem more like a do-gooder cipher than a character. Stevenson soon finds his ideal case in ...
Jan 18, 2020 · Back in the 1980s he had a poky office and a single assistant; today the organisation he founded, Equal Justice Initiative, employs 140 people, many of them whip-smart lawyers in his own mould.
Jan 12, 2020 · As depicted in Just Mercy, Walter McMillain's case was among the first – and the most important – of attorney Bryan Stevenson's career.After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1985, nearly a year before Morrison's murder (an inaccuracy in the film's timeline), Stevenson moved first to Atlanta, Georgia and then to Montgomery, where he helped form the Alabama Capital Representation ...
Sep 8, 2019 · Based on Bryan Stevenson’s bestselling 2014 memoir of the same name, Just Mercy tells the story of Stevenson’s early career as an attorney working to reverse wrongful convictions in Alabama ...
