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Why Mr.Stevenson became a prison legal worker

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Why Mr.Stevenson became a prison legal worker

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Stevenson discovered that his law school offered a month long intensive race and poverty litigation course which he was interested in since he couldn't afford another course. Once Stevenson had his internship with Henry he was so nervous and felt bad about delivering the news even though it was good, after the long talk with Henry he felt so connected to Henry he knew he wanted to help him get out of death row.

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¨ Don't worry about this, Bryan just come back.¨

I picked this quote because I feel like it shows how much Bryan going to visit Henry after he had been worrying about his execution date and not seeing or talking to anybody made him feel so much better. It shows how much it meant to Henry for Bryan to tell him he wasn't getting his death penalty. Henry was avoiding bringing his family since he was afraid of getting his education date but he was so grateful for the news he could finally see his family.

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-Walter was a black African American having an affair with a white women

-Walter didn't get an education for most of his life and stopped attending school in the third grade.

-Walter had no criminal record and still got put to death row

-There was no evidence he committed the murder

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He was put in foster care when he was little

In a fire accident, his face got burnt and deformed.

Ralphs's connection with Karen was complicated since he was dealing with his own problems he was trying to end his relationship with Karen since they sold drugs together.

Hes connection with the two murders where Ralph and Walter both had gotten with Karen,This caused him to blame the murder on Walter since he was black and the boyfriend of Kelly he also accused Walter of rap on him and the two murders.

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All the judges were white which made the trial unfair

They moved him to a different county because they knew all the judges would be white

Bill Hooks claimed to see Walter at the carwash but isn't possible since he was at the fish fry

Bill claimed he knew it was Walters's car since it was modified to a low rider which wasn't true Walters's truck didn't get modified until after the murder.

Ernest Welch who collected the money at the McMillan house claimed he went on a different day because he was so devastated

The verdict was the trial only lasted 3 hours didn't really care and just claimed Walter guilty.

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Walter was charged with somdoy since Myers stated that he saw Walter at the gas station the same day as the murder.

Walter had a fish fry with his family and friends on the same day of the murder at his house.

The same day as the fish fry Walter and a mechanic were working on his car when the murder took place.

Walter got stopped by the police and told him to get out of the truck and he got arrested while the sheriff was rude and used racial slurs towards Walter threatening him.

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Charlie was a 14-year-old who lived with his mom and his boyfriend Geroge who was a cop.

Charlie walked into the kitchen where he found his mom unconscious thinking she was dead,Charlie went upstairs where he found Geroge sleeping

Charlie felt so angry towards Geroge thinking he killed his mother he grabbed the gun from the draw where George had it and shot George in the head.

Charlie heard his mom moving couldn't believe she was still alive and called 911

The congress wanted Charlie charged as an adult since Gergoge was a past cop, so they placed Charlie in a adult jail.

Stevenson went to visit Charlie to try to help him with his case,Charlie wouldn't say a word.

Stevenson put his arm around him when then suddenly Charlie started to cry sobbing in his arms trembling.

Charlie told Stevenson what the inmates did to him in jail many times raping him Charlie was traumatized

Stevenson was angry and went to tell the judge what had happened to Charlie in jail, and he agreed to move him to a protected facility.

At a church, Stvenson talked about Charlie's story and the plight of incarcerated children, when later on Mr. and Mrs. Jennings a white couple reached out to Stevenson wanting to help Charlie, and they became Charlie's family.

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-Trina

Trina was a 14-year-old who suffered from abuse and mental health issues

Trina suffered from her mental health and got placed in jail for getting accused of murdering a family with fire

Trina got sentenced to life in prison and then she got raped in prison

Later on, Trina got pregnant the officer who raped her did not get charged with anything only getting fired

-Ian

Ian was thirteen years old when he got sentenced to life in prison for shooting someone

He shot a girl while trying to rob

They sent him to an adult prison for life without parole

Ian got placed in a very bad prison forced to stay in a cell as small as a small walk in closet

-Antonio

Antonito grew up in a bad neighborhood with a lot of violence and danger including gangs

Anotio got shot and moved to Vegas and started to do good and recover when probation authorities forced him back to LA, he got persuaded into doing a fake kidnapping with 2 boys, and Anotionio they gave Antonio a gun to shoot at the car which they didn't know were cops and Antonio got charged with attempted murder.

His father physically abused him

His father physically abused him

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The ABI agents were looking forward to working on Walters case to share more evidence to help Walter. The ABI agents were able to move Walters's case to a different court. The more people that got involved in this case the closer we got to freeing Walter. The ABI agents were able to bring justice to Walters's freedom. Once all the evidence was shown the judge had decided to letting Walter a free man. Walter gained his freedom after so much suffering and time stolen from him but after all this, the trauma will forever be with him.

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She got put in prison for having a stillborn baby

Her neighbor called the cops claiming she was pregnant and didn't have a baby with her

She got imprisoned for life

She was released after 10 years

-The Tutwailer was a horrible jail and place to be. Cops raped and sexually harassed the women at the jail. They had no privacy in the bathrooms or showers cops were allowed to watch them. Even the chapel would take place in these horrific actions. Stevenson filled a complaint against the US Department of justice they also asked them to add cameras in the dorms which they declined.

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Joe was only 13 years old when he got put in prison for life

-He suffered from mental illness and abuse from his parents

-Joe got life in prison even though they didn't have a lot of evidence against him

-The state destroyed any biological evidence that could've proved Joe was innocent

Evan was a 14-year-old boy whose family was a broke white family his parents abused him and were drug addicts

-Evans's friend hit Cannon with a bat in the head but yet Evan got life in prison

-The older boy made a deal with prosecutors and got a parole-eligible life sentence

-The judge couldn't wait to put a 14 year old boy in an electric chair and kill him.