![]() ![]() Stevenson founds the nonprofit Equal Justice Initiative and takes on McMillian's case to overturn his sentence. In discussing Walter's case, Stevenson explains how the racial bias and presumption of guilt that led to Walter's conviction is directly linked to a history of segregation and slavery in the Deep South. The narrative turns to the case of Walter McMillian, a black man who was wrongfully convicted of killing a white woman and subsequently sentenced to death row. Stevenson discusses how he learned that the American judicial system was built to punish poor citizens more severely than the rich. Bryan explains how he became passionate about criminal defense law and defending death row prisoners after an internship with the Southern Center for Human Rights in the Deep South. ![]() ![]() Just Mercyopens with Bryan Stevenson going to visit Henry, his first death row prisoner. ![]()
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