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1 Mar 2024, 4:57 am by Scott Bomboy
Adlai Stevenson, who skipped the entire primary season. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 9:26 am by GSU Law Student
Photo by Gage Skidmore Bryan StevensonWhile finishing his degree at Harvard Law School, Bryan Stevenson began his exemplary career by working at the Southern Center for Human Rights to represent death row inmates.[1] The experience motivated Stevenson to leave his full-time position with SCHR in Atlanta and move to Alabama, where he founded the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a non-profit human rights organization.[2] Stevenson and EJI have argued and won numerous cases… [read post]
8 Jul 2021, 8:46 am by megbutlerlawlib
This movie tells Bryan Stevenson’s story as well, focusing particularly on the case of Walter McMillian. [read post]
14 May 2021, 7:10 am by Arturo Jara
” Just Mercy Plot: In this film based on a true story, Bryan Stevenson, a new lawyer and recent Harvard graduate, moves to Alabama and takes the case of a death row inmate, Walter “Johnny D. [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 9:40 am by Dani Selby
Just Mercy Based on Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson’s memoir of the same name, “Just Mercy” tells the story of Walter McMillian, a Black man wrongly convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a white woman. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 6:01 am by Jean O'Grady
Thanks to  Fastcase Co-Founders, Ed Walter and Phil Rosenthal, for keeping the Fastcase 50 parade alive, even in the most disrupted of times. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 5:30 am by Jennifer Brand
  “2020 has been an incredibly difficult year, and in times like this, it’s especially important to draw inspiration from others,” said Fastcase CEO Ed Walters. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 5:30 am by Bob Ambrogi
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director, Equal Justice Initiative; clinical professor, New York University School of Law. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:33 pm by Dani Selby
Just Mercy, released in theaters across the US on January 10, tells the story of Bryan Stevenson, then a young lawyer, and his incredible effort to save the life of Walter McMillian, who was sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit. [read post]
20 Nov 2019, 9:45 am by Bonnie Shucha
From Cinematheque: A powerful and thought-provoking true story that also inspired a nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. [read post]
17 Sep 2019, 7:56 am by Alicia Maule
  Related: Chat with Death Row Exoneree Anthony Graves on Facebook Live Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Equal Justice Institute founder Bryan Stevenson has dedicated his career to representing the most vulnerable people in the South: from a woman who was convicted of murder for giving birth to a stillborn child to Walter McMillian who became a murder suspect simply because he was in an interracial relationship. [read post]
25 Jan 2019, 12:01 pm by John Floyd
Last April the state of Alabama executed 83-year-old Walter Moody, the oldest person executed in this country in modern history and possibly since the country’s founding. [read post]
19 Apr 2018, 9:59 am by CJLF Staff
"Killing a fragile man suffering from dementia is unnecessary and cruel," said Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 8:39 am by Lovechilde
  Neither my protest vote nor anyone else's had any impact on the election, on building any kind of political movement or on sending a signal to the political establishment.By 1984, I had learned my lesson and campaigned for the remarkably uninspiring Walter Mondale. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 6:10 am by Jeff Welty
It follows several cases in detail, including the case of Walter McMillian, an Alabama man condemned to death for a murder he didn’t commit. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 6:10 am by Jeff Welty
It follows several cases in detail, including the case of Walter McMillian, an Alabama man condemned to death for a murder he didn’t commit. [read post]
25 Oct 2014, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
Insider Higher Ed has a review, by Scott McLemee, of Walter Frank, Law and the Gay Rights Story: The Long Search for Equal Justice in a Divided Democracy (Rutgers University Press, 2014). [read post]
20 Oct 2014, 10:58 pm by Jeff Gamso
 And it is, most tellingly, the story of Walter Mcmillian. [read post]