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Stevenson goes to a state prison to meet inmates who are on death row and who are seeking appeals of their convictions or sentences. Among these is Walter "Johnny D." McMillian , an African-American man who was convicted of the 1986 murder of Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old white girl.
Just Mercy: Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Jamie Foxx, Charlie Pye Jr., Michael Harding, Christopher Wolfe. World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
30 paź 2019 · Foxx costars as Walter McMillian, an African American pulpwood worker sent to Alabama’s death row in 1988 for the murder of a white woman, who maintains his innocence as his clock ticks down...
24 gru 2019 · “Just Mercy” is saved from being an earnest, inert courtroom drama when it spends time on death row, where it is opened up and given depth by two strong, subtle performances, from Foxx and Rob...
8 wrz 2019 · Just Mercy is a powerful argument against the death penalty. The film — based on Bryan Stevenson’s book and starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx — is flawed but vital.
25 gru 2019 · Being on death row was a constant nightmare in which even small gestures of rebellion—it’s an Alabama prison tradition to bang cups on the bars during an execution—bring no comfort. “We were...
21 sty 2020 · Just Mercy, a film directed by Destin Daniel Crettin, tells the story of one of Stevenson's first and most important cases. In 1987, he met a man on death row named Walter McMillian, who had been convicted of murdering a white woman he said he never met.
