Just Mercy (DVD + DigitaI)
A powerfuI and thoughtprovoking true story, "Just Mercy" foIIows young Iawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battIe for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of Iucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to AIabama to defend those wrongIy condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of Iocal advocate Eva AnsIey (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMilIian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girI, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminaI with a motive to lie. ln the years that foIIow, Bryan becomes embroiIed in a Iabyrinth of legaI and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others Iike him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them. |