Just Mercy Chapter 1 Quiz

Alabama and Georgia are the two states where Bryan Stevenson is a member of the bar, indicating his legal qualifications in those jurisdictions.

Judge Robert E. Lee Key, in a phone conversation with Stevenson, attempted to persuade him to abandon Walter McMillan's case, hinting at potential pressure or bias against McMillan.

Monroe County, Walter McMillan's hometown, gained notoriety as the setting for the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' highlighting the parallel between McMillan's case and the fictional story of racial injustice.

Walter McMillan's prior involvement with a white woman (Karen Kelly) led to a negative reputation and made him a convenient scapegoat for the murder of Rhonda Morrison.

Ralph Myers, an individual involved in the murder of Vickie Lynn Pitman and connected to Karen Kelly (Walter's mistress), accused McMillan of Pitman's murder. This manipulative accusation aimed to shift blame onto a more vulnerable target.

During the Attica prison riots, the authorities employed cruel and dangerous physical punishments, violating the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment and highlighting the abuse of human rights.

Plessy v. Ferguson, a landmark Supreme Court case in 1896, upheld the legality of state-ordered segregation. The ruling established the concept of 'separate but equal', which sanctioned segregation as long as facilities for blacks and whites were deemed equivalent.

Loving v. Virginia was a groundbreaking civil rights case that challenged laws prohibiting marriage between people of different races. The Supreme Court ruled these laws unconstitutional, striking a blow against racial discrimination and reaffirming the constitutional right to marry.

Stevenson titled the chapter 'Mockingbird Players' to expose the hypocrisy of Monroe County, which celebrated its association with 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Despite this, the community convicted an innocent man based solely on his race, revealing a deeply ingrained pattern of racial injustice.