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Initial release: December 25, 2019 (USA)

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton

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Movie summary:
Bryan Stevenson goes to Alabama after graduating from Harvard to protect those who have been wrongfully imprisoned or who have been denied fair representation. Walter McMillian, who was sentenced to death in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl despite testimony proving his innocence, was one of his first cases. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian's life.

True Story:
In August 1988, a black man named Walter McMillian, known as Johnny D, was sentenced to death for the murder of a white teenage girl in Monroeville, Alabama.

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"More people asked me if they can help today than they did in my whole life."
~ Herbert Richardson (Prior to his execution)

This quote indicates the lack of interest and attention given to cases like Mr. Richardson's by the members of the community & the need for an increase in public awareness regarding matters like Wrongful Conviction, disproportionately High Incarceration Rates among the Black community, and Ethical Considerations within our Justice System.

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Manipulation & Fabrication of evidence by the State in attempts of finding an "Easy Solution" instead of prevailing Justice highlights the presence of Corruption within the Justice System.

EXAMPLES from the Film:
-  Myers' initial Testimony not being disclosed to the Defense Attorney
- Torturing Myers to give a false statement in court (Against McMillian) by making him relive his childhood Trauma/Fear of being burned as he's locked in a cell next to an Execution Room.
(Hifsa)

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(Skip to 0:53) (ends at 1:27) (Karina)

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'Just Mercy' Stars Jamie Foxx & Michael B. Jordan Discuss The Naked Strip Search Scene | MTV Movies

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-What we can take away from this scene, is that the guard looked at the colour of Bryan's skin and forced him to do a strip search.

-Otherwise if it was someone else, they might not have done the same.
(Karina)

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Once the guard and Bryan are in the room, Bryan starts to strip. The guard tell him to bend over, but Bryan just stares at him. The guard laughs in his face, then leaves.
(Karina)

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Walter McMillan and other black inmates in Alabama  were put on death row without a trial
(Jim)

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Bryan replies that Attorney's aren't strip searched for legal visits. The guard disregards that and tells him that he can't go in unless he strips down. Bryan looks up to the other guard to see if he would object, but he just keeps looking at a magazine.
(Karina)

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Racism
This scene happens towards the beginning of the movie. Bryan is at the prison to speak to the inmates. There are two guards at the front desk. The first guard orders Bryan to step into a room for a strip search.
(Karina)

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-This clip highlights the use of unnecessary force

- Shows how corrupted our system is when it comes to black people

- Police services aren't in place to convict the innocent, but often times justice comes with a cost for the less privileged.

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- Walter McMillian was wrongfully convicted, and given a death sentence, without any proof of the incident

-It was planned and framed, according to society, and a system that looks at black people different from the rest.

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Corruption is defined when Ralph Myers testified to the court that he lied about seeing Walter McMillian commit a murder. The sheriff changed his testifying statement which leads to framing an innocent black man.
(Jim)

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Just Mercy Film Clip - Equal JusticeIn his closing statements, Bryan Stevenson (#MichaelBJordan) calls down the corrupt system that has set his client, Walter McMillian (#JamieFoxx), up for a grave injustice. #JustMercyPlot synopsis: A powerful and thought-provoking true story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice.

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It means to abuse power through dishonesty. A  person or organization entrusted with a position of authority using power  in a wrong way.
(Jim)

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- In this scene the sheriff of the town arrested Walter McMillian because of "the stigma around how he looks and due to his race"
-The police had no reasonable or probable grounds for that arrest

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Just Mercy 2019. 1080p. Opening Scene Part 2

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Bryan Stevenson who is the defence lawyer of Walter McMillian in his closing opening statement calls the justice system corrupt because it favors the wealthy and dominate group. The system also treats criminals very differently based on race and status.
(Jim)

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For example, Canada’s federal policing system

The RCMP have continued to be perpetrators of violence against Black and Indigenous people over 150 years later.

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Corruption

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Ingrained bias, a racist lens and embedded with a discriminatory lens

that doesn’t provide or allow for equal or fair opportunities for racialized peoples to succeed within.

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Means lack of fairness or justice.
(Shanique)

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The sad part about this scene was there was evidence to point out that he needed help but the system decided to execute him.
(Shanique)

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It was established that he was suffering my PTSD because he suffered a traumatic event during war. When the date was established to execute date, they are applied to change the date but it was denied.
(Shanique)
Note: Picture from the Scene below

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Also known as institutional racism

It looks at larger, structural and institutional operations rather than individual biases and behaviors.

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In one of the scene that represented injustice is when Herbert Richardson (played by Rob Morgan) was put in the electric chair. Mr. Richardson was charged with murder of a white women and put on death row.
(Shanique)

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Injustice

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Systemic Racism

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Thesis Statement: Systematic racism has worked its way in our justice system to silence the less privileged and give more power to those that have always been held superior in society 

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Thesis Statement: Systematic racism has worked its way in our justice system to silence the less privileged and give more power to those that have always been held superior in society 