Just Mercy (DVD + DigitaI)
A powerfuI and thoughtprovoking true story, "Just Mercy" folIows young Iawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battIe for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of IocaI advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of WaIter McMiIlian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-oId girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the onIy testimony against him came from a criminaI with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of Iegal and poIiticaI maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others Iike him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them. |