Just Mercy (2020)

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Just Mercy
‘Just Mercy’ Official Trailer (2019)
PG-13 2 hr 17 minJan 10th, 2020Drama, History, Crime
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Plot
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 10th, 2020
Movie Budget:$25,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$50,401,502 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Scott Budnick, Jeff Skoll, Mike Drake, Bryan Stevenson, Michael B. Jordan, Charles D. King, Gabriel Hammond, Niija Kuykendall, Daniel Hammond
Production Companies:Netter Productions, Outlier Society, Endeavor Content, MACRO, One Community, Participant, Warner Bros. Pictures

Just Mercy Quotes

Court Grants New Trial Amid Testimony Discrepancies

Judge Foster: [the court congregation murmur outrageously] Ralph Myers took the stand before this court, swore to tell the truth, and proceeded to recant most if not all of the relevant portions of his testimony at trial. Clearly, he has either perjured himself at trial or in front of this court. After careful review, it is this court's opinion that conclusive evidence has not been provided that Ralph Myers purged himself at the original trial, and that pressure put on him since his trial testimony could tend to discredit his recantation. Therefore, it is ordered a judged and decreed that the trial testimony of Ralph Myers is not found to have been perjured testimony, an now new trial shall be granted at this time. Walter McMillian shall be returned to Holman Correctional Facility where he is to face death by electrocution.
John McMillian: [stands up from the seat] You can't do this to us again, Judge.

The Essence of Justice and Humanity

Bryan Stevenson: [in the US Senate hearing about the death penalty] Through this work, I've learned that each of us is more than the worst thing that we've ever done; that the opposite of poverty isn't wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice; that the character of our nation isn't reflected on how we treat the rich and the privileged, but how we treat the poor, the disfavored, and condemned.