Just Mercy and the Heartbreaking True Story of Walter McMillian
, a black Alabama man wrongfully convicted in 1988 of the brutal murder of 18-year-old white womandespite zero physical evidence tying him to the case and an air-tight alibi, and the dogged and ultimately successful plight to exonerate him after six years spent on death row is shamefully a very true one, offering a sobering look into the ways in which the American criminal justice system often fails poor and minority communities alike.
On August 17, 1988, a jury of 11 white citizens and one African-American found McMillian"guilty of the capital offense charged in the indictment" and recommended a life sentence based the testimony of Myers and three others, ignoring multiple alibi witnesses who testified under oath that McMillian was at the fish fry and the fact that there was no physical evidence to implicate him in the crime.It got worse from there.
However, beginning in 1992, things began to come to light that eventually made it impossible to ignore McMillian's case.
"If federal courts do not permit death row prisoners to prove their innocence, even after many years on death row, and prevent wrongful executions, the hope of many innocent people on death row will be crushed," he continued."Justice is forever shattered when we kill an innocent man." While his restored freedom was certainly a victory, the wins all but stopped there.
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