just mercy test Flashcards
prolouge
-talks about law school
-talks about meeting henry on death row and him singing church hymns
-talks about mass incarceration
chapter 1
-introduces walter mcmillian
-had an affair with karen kelly who was white
-it got to the public and caused a scandal
-karen began associating with ralph myers
-ralph myers was a criminal and blamed the murders of vickie pittman and rhonda morrison on walter mcmillian
-the police started to persue this theory even though they didn’t have evidence
chapter 2
-his car gets searched and has an unfair encounter with the atlanta police
-he starts speaking to people about how to prevent police violence when you feel you are in danger (specifically to young black men)
-he meets an old men who had “medals of honor” from attending protests and fighting for rights
chapter 3
-walter is arrested and taken to death row
-myers was also put on death row
-after admiting that he lied about walter’s involvement in the murders he is told he will be taken off death row if he testifies
-walter was found guilty
-it was an almost all white jury
chapter 4
-bryan and eva start their organization (EJI)
chapter 5
-he meets walter’s family
-they are all frustrated because they were with him on that day
-darnell houston tells bryan he has evidence that bill hooks was lying
-the police arrest him for “perjury”
chapter 6
-talks about charlie
-14 year old boy who shot his stepfather after he was drunk and hit his mother unconcious
-abused bc he was put in an adult prison
-The Jennings help him out
chapter 7
-ralph myers admits he lied
chapter 8
-trina garnett was abused her whole life
-she had intellectual dissabilites and problems
-accidently set a house on fire killing two boys
-abused in prison
-ian manuel shot a women in the cheek
-spent 18 years in solitary confinement
-antonio nunez’s brother was killed
-he faked a kidnapping and unknowingly shot at police
