Film: "Just Mercy" (2019)
Thursday, October 17, 2024 6:30–8:45 PM
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- DescriptionThis biopic follows Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan), who graduated from Harvard Law and sidestepped the well-oiled path to lucrative law firm money and instead moved to Alabama where he defended individuals unjustly sentenced to death through a broken criminal justice system. Profiled in the film is one of Stevenson's most incendiary cases: In 1987, Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx) was sentenced to death for a notorious murder despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the only incriminating testimony coming from a biased source. Litigating on behalf of McMillian, Stevenson learns quickly the severity of both hot and cold racism baked into the criminal justice system.
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- Websitehttps://events.nd.edu/events/2024/10/17/just-mercy-2019/
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