Just Mercy

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All right, let's chop and load.

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<i>It was the third of June</i>

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<i>Another sleepy, dusty delta day</i>

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<i>I was out choppin' cotton</i>

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<i>And my brother was balin' hay</i>

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<i>And at dinner time we stopped</i>

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<i>And walked back to the house to eat</i>

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<i>And mama hollered out the back door</i>

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<i>Y'all, remember to...</i>

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Good evening, Officer.

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Y'all need my license or anything, huh?

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No, that's not necessary.

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That's a sharp-looking truck you got.

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Yes, sir. Thank you.

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Those rims look like
they cost you a pretty penny.

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Who you been working for?

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Oh, no, sir. I don't work for nobody.

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Got my own pulping business.

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You know,
I clear out all these trees around here.

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So, you ain't got no boss
to check in with, huh?

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That must be pretty nice.

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Free to run up and down the road

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wherever you want to,
whenever you want to

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in this fancy truck.

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Hey, well, not if my wife
got something to say about it.

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Yeah.

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I heard that ain't stopped you
before, though.

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Ain't that right, Johnny D.?

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You want to make a break for it? Hmm?

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No, sir, I don't wanna do nothing...

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'Cause after what you done...

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I'm looking for any excuse
to get this over with

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right here, right now.

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Sir, I ain't did nothing and I think
y'all got the wrong person here.

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Y'all got me confused with somebody.
And I think...

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I ain't got you confused with nobody.

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I don't have a thing to do with this.

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Sir, you got me confused with somebody.
I ain't did nothing wrong.

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<i>We all know Monroeville
as the peaceful town</i>

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where Harper Lee wrote
<i>To Kill a Mockingbird.</i>

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<i>Last year, that peace was shattered
by a brutal crime.</i>

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<i>On the 1st of November,
18-year-old Ronda Morrison</i>

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<i>was found dead at Jackson Cleaners.</i>

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<i>Morrison had been strangled and shot
by Walter McMillian,</i>

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<i>known locally as Johnny D.</i>

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<i>McMillian was convicted by a jury
who recommended a life sentence.</i>

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<i>But today, Judge Robert E. Lee Key
overrode their decision</i>

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<i>and sentenced McMillian to death.</i>

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<i>We promised the community
that we would find him, and we did.</i>

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<i>You commit a crime like this in my town,</i>

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<i>one way or another,
you're gonna pay for it.</i>

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<i>As McMillian awaits execution
at Holman Correctional Facility,</i>

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<i>a grieving community
can take some solace</i>

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<i>in knowing that, today,
justice has finally been served.</i>

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Thank you.

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You got one hour.

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Um...

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Hi, Mr. Davis. I'm Bryan.

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Henry.

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Um...

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The Southern Prisoners
Defense Committee,

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they sent me here to tell you that...

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That they don't have
a lawyer for you yet,

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- but they hope to soon.
- You're not a lawyer?

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No. I'm still in school.

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Just interning here for the summer.

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So, you can't tell me nothing
about my case?

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I mean, I was supposed to tell you...

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that you're not at risk of execution
any time within the next year.

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Can you say that again?

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That you're not at risk of execution
any time within the next year?

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That's the best news
I've heard in a long time.

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I didn't want my wife or kids...

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showing up
if I had an execution date coming.

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Now they can come visit.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Serious.

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My mom made me join our church choir
when I was, like, four.

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I sang lead baritone
all through high school.

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I played piano at my church growing up.

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AME?

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God is good...

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...all the time.

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All the time.

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A couple AME Choir boys
hanging on death row.

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My mom would go trip.

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Man, that's crazy.

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What school are you going to?

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I'm at Harvard.

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Seriously? You're going to Harvard?

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That's white-boy status, bro.

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What the hell are you doing
slumming it up in here for?

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I'm in law school
because I just wanted to help people.

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Just haven't figured out
the best way to do that yet.

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Honestly, this internship
has been the best experience so far.

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Working on death row
has been your best experience?

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You need to get out
more, bro.

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Should've been done two hours ago.

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- I'm sorry, I didn't realize.
- Supposed to watch the clock.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey. Sir!

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Calm down, he didn't do anything!

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You need to shut your mouth.

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It's okay, Bryan.

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Don't worry about me.
You just come back.

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<i>I'm pressing on</i>

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<i>The upward way</i>

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<i>New heights I'm gaining every day</i>

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<i>Still praying as</i>

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<i>I'm onward bound</i>

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<i>Lord, plant my feet</i>

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<i>On higher ground</i>

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- Mom still mad at you?
- For what?

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I don't know.

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Maybe for rejecting all those job offers
so you can be poor in Alabama.

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And Howie telling her about
that lynching in Mobile didn't help.

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- What?
- I said it happened seven years ago.

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Yeah, that made it better.

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You two were supposed to be on my side.

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Pop, how are we looking up there?

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Just added three quarts of oil.

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But you should check it again
when you get there.

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All right, thanks.

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Talk to your mom yet?

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What did those leaves do to you?

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You're not gonna say bye to your son?

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I know you got your law degree now,
and you think you're grown,

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but you're still my child.

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And I'm the one who has to deal
with your funeral arrangements

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if you get killed down there.

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- Come on, Ma.
- You think this is funny?

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'Cause if you can't see the danger
in what you're doing,

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you need to ask Harvard
for your money back.

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You used to be smarter than that.

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The first time I visited death row,

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I wasn't expecting to meet somebody
the same age as me.

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Grew up on the same music.
From a neighborhood just like ours.

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Could've been me, Mama.

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I don't wanna move far away from you.
I love you.

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But you always taught me
to fight for the people

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who need the help the most.

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I am very proud of you, son.

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I know your heart's in the right place.

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But it's not that simple.

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What you're doing is gonna make
a lot of people upset.

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You better be careful.

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I will.

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I promise.

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There she goes.

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<i>My line, your line</i>

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<i>Don't cross them lines</i>

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<i>What you like, what I like</i>

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<i>Why can't we both be right?</i>

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<i>Attacking, defending</i>

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<i>Until there's nothing left worth winning</i>

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You gotta be kidding me.

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We had an agreement to rent this space
for two years.

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You said it was a done deal.

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That's before I knew
what you were doing here.

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We are giving poor people

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their constitutional right
to counsel, Bill.

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Do you mind explaining to my son
what you think is so wrong with that?

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Eva, what's up?

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Oh, Bryan. Thank God.

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This is the executive director
of our organization.

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He just got here and was expecting

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to move into the office
that you promised us.

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You said you were the director.

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Director of Operations.

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And you're making me look very bad
in front of my boss right now.

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She said you were a lawyer,

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but nobody told me
it was for murderers on death row.

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We're providing legal services
to people who need help.

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And they'll have to do it
someplace else.

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'Cause I can't have people like that
around here.

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Not everyone is in there
for a good reason, sir.

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Y'all have a good day now.

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What a piece of shit.

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I'm so sorry. This is not
how I wanted to welcome you here.

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I will find us an office,
I promise you I will.

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I just gotta change my tactics.

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It'll be fine.
We can work from anywhere.

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Yeah, we'll just have Kris
clean up his toys in the living room.

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- Right, Kris?
- Oh, yeah?

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I'll think about it.

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I'm sorry for cussing, baby.

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It's okay.

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He was a piece of shit, though.

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I was a psychology major writing a paper
on capital punishment

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when I met my first death row inmate,
Wayne Ritter.

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He and his friend robbed
a pawn shop in Mobile.

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His friend shot the owner
and they both got death.

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Is he the reason why you got into this?

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His attorney was openly in favor
of the death penalty.

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He thought mad dogs ought to die.

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A lot of the folks on death row
either had shitty representation

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or none at all. So, I just started
calling every law firm

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in the Yellow Pages, just trying
to find anybody that could help.

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I was averaging 20 rejections a day.

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She was pretty stressed out.

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I was just about to give up

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when I got a call from a Harvard lawyer

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saying that he had just passed
the Alabama Bar

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and had federal funding
to start a legal center

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for inmates on death row.

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I was in before
you even offered me the job.

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And before you knew
I couldn't pay you anything.

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What's that?

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Oh, yeah, Doug doesn't know

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about that part yet.

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- Sorry, honey.
- All right.

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How's it going, son? You seem tired.

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Okay. Let's go brush your teeth.

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Excuse us.

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I'll make up the couch for you, Bryan.

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I'm excited about what you're doing.

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Me, too.

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I should be in the log.

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I'm scheduled to see six clients today.

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Well, I ain't seen you before.

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That's because I just moved here.

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You really a lawyer?

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Yes. I am.

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Well, I'm gonna have to search you.

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Just go on in that room there
and take everything off.

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Attorneys aren't strip-searched
for legal visits.

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Well, you ain't gonna visit shit
unless you get in that room and strip.

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Let's go.

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Pants and underwear.

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Bend over and spread.

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You're clear.

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<i>I fought in Nam.</i>

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First Cavalry Division.

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Saw a lot of friends die.

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Doctor said I got PTSD.

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I did what they said I did. I...

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I put the bomb on her porch.

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I know it don't make sense...

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but I didn't mean to kill nobody.

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I think they're gonna
set my execution soon.

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Last lawyer said
there ain't nothing left to do.

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There's always something that we can do.

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Whatever you did,
your life is still meaningful.

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And I'm gonna do everything possible
to keep them from taking it.

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Now, tell me everything that happened.

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I was given a court-appointed lawyer,
and he was pretty pitiful.

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Never really talked to me about
setting up a defense.

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I probably met the dude three times.

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Literally.

250
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<i>He told me that it would be
in my best interest</i>

251
00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,511
<i>to plead no contest
to all of those charges.</i>

252
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,120
I'm gonna plead not guilty.

253
00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,795
I said, "I didn't do it.
I didn't have nothing to do with that."

254
00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:30,997
"You're 20 right now,
if you take this plea

255
00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,756
and you do the whole time,
you'll only be 45 when you get out."

256
00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,960
<i>In the middle of my trial,
which only lasted</i>

257
00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:41,552
45 minutes to a hour,
which is unheard of...

258
00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:45,953
He wouldn't let me take the stand.
So, they ended up finding me guilty.

259
00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:50,040
The judge laughed at me and said
rehabilitation was a 70-year-old joke.

260
00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,150
<i>My lawyer, he was there,
but he wasn't there.</i>

261
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,313
It was like I was by myself.

262
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,795
Last lawyer I had,
sitting where you sit, said...

263
00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,241
"Johnny D., don't worry about nothing,
everything gonna be all right."

264
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,557
Then they put that death sentence on me.

265
00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,997
Family run out of money.

266
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:32,719
Money run out, he run out.

267
00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,034
What you gonna do different?

268
00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:43,496
Well, the first thing we could do
is apply for a retrial.

269
00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,477
I already did that. They denied it.

270
00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,194
It's right there in your files.

271
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,914
Okay, then we can ask
for a reconsideration on that.

272
00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:57,976
Then a direct appeal
to the Court of Criminal Appeals

273
00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,435
and work our way up
to the State Supreme Court.

274
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,876
If we get denied there,
we could file a Rule 32.

275
00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,360
Then a federal habeas petition.

276
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,216
And if all that fails, Mr. McMillian,
we could take your case

277
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,336
all the way to the Supreme Court.

278
00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:10,397
You don't know what you into
down here, do you?

279
00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,000
You think all of them fancy words

280
00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,037
gonna get you somewhere
around here in Alabama?

281
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,871
All they gonna do
is eat you alive and spit you out

282
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,158
just like every other black man they do,
when they step out of line.

283
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,072
You coming around here
with them fancy suits,

284
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,669
talking all white, these people
don't give a damn about that.

285
00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,480
The only suit they wanna see a nigga in
is the suit I got on.

286
00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:35,016
Mr. McMillian,
I can see how that could be hard...

287
00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,440
No, you don't!

288
00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,633
No, you don't.
No, you don't. No, you don't.

289
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,399
You a rich boy from Harvard,
you don't know what it is down here.

290
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,516
When you're guilty
from the moment you born.

291
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,360
And you can buddy up with
these white folks and make them laugh

292
00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:58,397
and try to make them like you,
whatever that is,

293
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,696
and you say, "Yes, sir. No, ma'am."
But when it's your turn,

294
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,313
they ain't got to have no fingerprints.

295
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,835
No evidence.

296
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,391
And the only witness they got
made the whole thing up.

297
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,836
Ain't none of that matter,
when all y'all think is

298
00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,274
is I look like a man...

299
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,274
who could kill somebody.

300
00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,439
But that's not what I think.

301
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,080
Mmm.

302
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,393
You know how many people have been freed
from Alabama death row?

303
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:39,796
None.

304
00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,790
What make you think
you gonna change that?

305
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:54,634
I ain't doing this shit again.

306
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:56,799
- Guard.
- Mr. McMillian...

307
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:58,553
We done here.

308
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:00,199
Mr. McMillian, please.

309
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,436
I'm here to help.

310
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,080
- What's up, Johnny D.?
- Say hello!

311
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:12,953
How's it going, my brother?

312
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:14,190
How'd it go?

313
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:17,880
How you treating them needs,
motherfucker?

314
00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:41,600
Johnny D.?

315
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,039
Johnny D., you there?

316
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:46,236
'Sup, Herb?

317
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:48,676
Ray there?

318
00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:52,430
Ray.

319
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,513
Unavailable at the moment.

320
00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:58,477
Where you at?

321
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,352
Buckingham Palace.
I'm having tea with the queen.

322
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:03,920
Huh.

323
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,152
She's a very nice lady.
I'll let you know when we done.

324
00:24:09,120 --> 00:24:12,272
Hey, Johnny D.,
what you think of the lawyer?

325
00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,349
I think he a kid.

326
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,634
Don't know what he's talking about.

327
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,075
Making all these promises
he ain't gonna be able to keep.

328
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,992
I... I thought he was nice.

329
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,274
Nice?

330
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,437
The hell you want a nice lawyer for?

331
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,317
Nice ain't gonna get you shit.

332
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,595
Look at Johnny D.

333
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,157
Nice as a puppy, yet he in here with us.

334
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,116
Well, I didn't know
you thought about me like that, Ray.

335
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,431
I mean, just you nice and everything...

336
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,796
You not as nice as La Toya Jackson,

337
00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,395
but for a old man on the row,
you a'ight.

338
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,279
Hey, I thought you said
I was the old man.

339
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,195
Well, Johnny D. is old, Herb,
you more ancient.

340
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,518
Sorry to tell you.

341
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:01,949
Herb, turn that music up.

342
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,070
You got it.

343
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,515
All right. Here...

344
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:26,915
Bryan...

345
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,794
did you get any sleep?

346
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:32,194
I, uh...

347
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,034
I don't think McMillian did it.

348
00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:39,637
The state based its entire case
on the testimony of one man.

349
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,154
Ralph Myers.

350
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,436
Myers spent most of his life
in and out of prison.

351
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,274
When he testified,
he was on trial for a different murder,

352
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:47,920
which he ended up getting 30 years for.

353
00:26:48,360 --> 00:26:49,760
Seems like a pretty good deal.

354
00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:52,674
In his statement, he said that
Johnny D. approached him at a car wash

355
00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:57,391
and forced him at gunpoint to drive to
Jackson Cleaners because his arm hurt.

356
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,880
That sounds logical.

357
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,976
When they get there, Johnny D.
tells him to wait in the truck

358
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,275
while he goes inside.

359
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:04,556
And while he's waiting
for his kidnapper,

360
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,597
he doesn't run,
he doesn't go to the police.

361
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,639
Instead, he drives to the liquor store
for cigarettes

362
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,473
and then comes back to the crime scene.

363
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:13,350
Excuse me?

364
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,591
Myers hears gunshots, goes inside

365
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,912
and sees the body of Ronda Morrison
lying on the ground, face up,

366
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,151
and Johnny D. standing over her
with a gun

367
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,358
with some older white guy
who he claimed was in charge.

368
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,672
- Anyone trying to look for him?
- Exactly.

369
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,432
Oh, wait. They have one other witness
to back his testimony.

370
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,432
A young black man named Bill Hooks.

371
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,318
Says he saw Johnny D.'s low-rider truck

372
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:37,790
leaving the cleaners
around the time of the murder.

373
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:38,880
And that's it.

374
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,640
That's all they have.

375
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,960
Hmm.

376
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,596
So, an 18-year-old white girl
is murdered in broad daylight

377
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,680
and the sheriff can't solve the crime
for how long?

378
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,154
Almost a year.

379
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,358
And then some other guy
who's charged with a different murder

380
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,160
says that he can tell them who did it
if he gets a lower sentence.

381
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,320
And the guy that he says did it

382
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,676
happens to be a black man
from a poor community

383
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,240
that no one would think twice about.

384
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:09,273
There's gotta be
more evidence than this.

385
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,678
I want to set a meeting with the DA.

386
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,314
Tommy Chapman just took over for Pearson
a few months ago.

387
00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:18,474
He used to be a public defender.

388
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,112
Maybe he's not in line
with the rest of 'em.

389
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,112
You visit the Mockingbird Museum yet?

390
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:41,560
Uh, no, ma'am.

391
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,360
It's the old courthouse
Harper Lee's daddy used to work in.

392
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,675
You can stand right where
Atticus Finch once stood.

393
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,514
- Mr. Stevenson? I'm Tommy Chapman.
- Hey.

394
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:55,795
- You find us okay?
- I did.

395
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:57,434
- Good. Follow me.
- Yeah.

396
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:58,749
Thank you, Tracy.

397
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,839
A lot of people are very keen
to meet you, Mr. Stevenson.

398
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,718
- Oh, really?
- Well, you're a Harvard lawyer

399
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,519
who's moved to Alabama.

400
00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:07,956
You know, you start taking on
all these capital cases,

401
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,999
people just wanna know
what your intentions are, I guess.

402
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,536
We're just trying
to give legal assistance

403
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:14,835
to people who can't afford it.

404
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,479
Well, legal assistance is one thing,

405
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,760
but trying to put convicted murderers
back on the street

406
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:20,200
is something else entirely.

407
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:23,416
Anyway, you didn't come
all the way down here

408
00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:24,715
to talk about that.

409
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,200
What can I do for you today, Bryan?

410
00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:29,240
I wanted to speak to you
about Johnny D. McMillian.

411
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,312
You know I wasn't part
of his prosecution, right?

412
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,800
That was way before my time.

413
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,111
And that's exactly
why I wanted to meet you.

414
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,336
You see, I've read through the record
quite a few times now

415
00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,319
and I have some serious doubts
about the reliability of his conviction.

416
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,960
If you could take a look
at the sections I've highlighted here,

417
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,870
you'll see some problems
with Ralph Myers' testimony.

418
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,558
Man, this is one of
the most outrageous crimes

419
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:54,879
in Monroe County history.

420
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,072
Your client made
a lot of people very angry.

421
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,712
I understand that, but there are
some serious problems with this case.

422
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,553
And I was hoping
that I can get your support

423
00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:06,279
to figure out what really happened.

424
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:08,880
I already know what happened.

425
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,109
Johnny D. McMillian
was convicted by a jury

426
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,113
of brutally murdering a teenage girl
in my community.

427
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,830
And it is my job to defend
the integrity of that conviction.

428
00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,400
Even if that conviction
is based on false testimony?

429
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,711
You're the only one I know
who thinks that.

430
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:30,712
Then I must be the only one
who read that record

431
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:32,598
because it's pretty obvious.

432
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,199
That man caused a lot of pain.

433
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,079
A lot of pain for folks around here.

434
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,797
And if you go digging in those wounds...

435
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,356
you're gonna be making
a lot of people very unhappy.

436
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,351
Well, it isn't my job
to make people happy.

437
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,432
It's to achieve justice for my client.

438
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,356
Well...

439
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:07,280
Ralph Myers' two confessions
and a statement from Bill Hooks.

440
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,434
I asked for copies of all the police
and witness statements.

441
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:13,749
That's what you're holding.

442
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,593
This is a joke. Where's the rest of it?

443
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:17,876
That's what's relevant
to the McMillian case.

444
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,794
If you want more, you'll have to file
a discovery motion with the court

445
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,280
just like anybody else.

446
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,830
Thanks for coming by today,
Mr. Stevenson.

447
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:28,869
Expect that motion soon.

448
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,440
I'll look forward to it, Counselor.

449
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,435
You oughta check out
the Mockingbird Museum

450
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:35,670
on your way out of town.

451
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,835
It's one of the great civil rights
landmarks of the South.

452
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,394
Hmm.

453
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:55,715
Keep in line.

454
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,877
Helping a black man
convicted of killing a white girl

455
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,917
is political suicide in that county.

456
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,879
I'm sure he's being reminded of that
by whoever got him his job.

457
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,475
The way he was talking,
I don't even think he read the record.

458
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:12,994
That doesn't surprise me.

459
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,994
Hey, Kris, Bobby,
come on in and get your snack.

460
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,120
Okay.

461
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,920
I'm gonna stop by Jackson Cleaners
on my way to meet his family.

462
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,759
<i>Okay. If I don't hear from you
by morning,</i>

463
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,160
I'll send a rescue party.

464
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:25,720
<i>I hope that's a joke.</i>

465
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,075
Me, too.

466
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,398
But just be careful, okay?

467
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,510
That's him.

468
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,871
- You the lawyer?
- Yes, ma'am.

469
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,553
My name is Bryan Stevenson.

470
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:56,994
I'm Johnny D.'s wife, Minnie.

471
00:33:57,880 --> 00:33:58,950
Pleasure to meet you.

472
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,714
Thank you so much
for driving all the way out here.

473
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,679
- Most lawyers barely make time to call.
- Hmm.

474
00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,191
This is our younger son, John.
Our baby girl, Jackie.

475
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,710
I hope you don't mind,

476
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,634
a few of our neighbors stopped by
to hear what you got to say.

477
00:34:19,720 --> 00:34:22,758
Oh, just a few?

478
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:24,633
- Come on. You'll be all right.
- Okay.

479
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,639
Hey, now, we ain't gonna get nowhere

480
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,911
with everybody quacking
at the same time.

481
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,673
Now, let Mr. Stevenson talk.

482
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,160
Um... It's a pleasure
to meet all of you.

483
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,275
Thank you. Um...

484
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:52,951
Now, I know you all
have a lot of questions,

485
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,271
but I really would love to hear
from you guys first,

486
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,876
just to get a better understanding
of your perspective on things.

487
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,874
Our perspective is ain't no way
Johnny D. did this crime.

488
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,437
The morning that girl was killed,

489
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,594
we was all having a fish fry here
to raise money for the church.

490
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,639
- Johnny D. was here. Morning till night.
- Mmm-hmm.

491
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,194
Working on his truck with John.

492
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:18,794
You were with your dad that day?

493
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:22,313
Yeah, we was up at 6:00 in the morning
to put the truck on the rack.

494
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:23,720
Jimmy was there, too.

495
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,359
Yep. We had that tranny

496
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,160
- cleaned out by 9:30.
- Mmm-hmm.

497
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,470
Now, how he supposed to kidnap

498
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,031
some crazy white man
all the way in Evergreen,

499
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:39,558
then drive back to Jackson Cleaners
to kill that girl at 10:15

500
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,075
- if his truck ain't got no transmission?
- Hello.

501
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,511
How many of you all
were with Walter that morning?

502
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,994
My husband could have never done this,
no kind of way.

503
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,675
Whether we was with him or not,
he is just not like that.

504
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,120
Well, everybody know they went after him
'cause of that woman.

505
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:09,960
Sorry, Minnie.

506
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,480
It's okay.

507
00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,355
It ain't no secret.

508
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,016
A few months before the murder,

509
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,635
Johnny D. got caught messing around
with a white woman in town.

510
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,230
When her husband find out about it,
he made sure everybody knew.

511
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,030
People started talking,
and the stories kept growing.

512
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,954
He went from being a cheat,
to a drug dealer,

513
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,952
to head of the Dixie Mafia.

514
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:36,918
So, by the time
somebody call him a murderer,

515
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,071
ain't nobody thought twice about it.

516
00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:40,833
They can call it what they want,

517
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,196
this is just another way
to lynch a black man.

518
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:44,560
Amen.

519
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Amen.

520
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,400
There ain't no excuse

521
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,392
for what my husband did to me
and this family.

522
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:51,714
Damn fool hurt me bad.

523
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,079
But he still the daddy of my kids.

524
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:00,616
And I really don't know
what I'm supposed to tell them

525
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,678
about staying out of trouble
when you can be in your own house

526
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,798
minding your own business,
surrounded by your entire family

527
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,872
and they still going to put
some murder on you.

528
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:11,710
That's right.

529
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:12,880
It's not just Dad.

530
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,271
We feel like they put us all
on death row, too.

531
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,390
Baby...

532
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,389
I can only imagine
the pain that you're going through.

533
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:25,720
But I'm gonna do everything I can.

534
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,031
The last lawyer was talking
just as big as you.

535
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:29,176
John...

536
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,351
Then they took all our money and split.

537
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:33,315
Why you different?

538
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:39,359
Well, our organization will cover
all legal fees,

539
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,433
so none of you
will ever have to pay a penny.

540
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,200
Now, it's clear to me that this trial
was constructed with lies...

541
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,836
and based off everything that I've seen,

542
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:54,640
I think we could build a case
strong enough to bring Johnny D. home.

543
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,749
And I'm not gonna stop
until I've done that.

544
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,752
Well, you seem like good people to me.

545
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,917
But Johnny D.'s the one
you gonna have to convince.

546
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,356
I don't know about the rest of y'all,

547
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,473
but I was sold on,
"Y'all won't pay a penny."

548
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:21,796
Amen.

549
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:29,834
Mr. Stevenson?

550
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:30,990
Call me Bryan.

551
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,150
Okay.

552
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,354
This is my friend, Darnell.

553
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:39,520
He has something
he wants to talk to you about.

554
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:43,320
Go on.

555
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:47,753
I think I can prove he's innocent.

556
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,640
You heard of Bill Hooks, right?

557
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:53,840
Yeah.

558
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,560
He testified
that he saw Johnny D.'s truck

559
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,800
at the cleaners that morning.

560
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:58,596
Bill didn't see shit.

561
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:00,915
He made the whole thing up.

562
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,320
How do you know that?

563
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,279
'Cause I was with him.
We was working at the shop together.

564
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,192
- The morning of the murder?
- Yes, sir.

565
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,351
We was fixing the head gasket
on the Camaro

566
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,911
from 8:00 in the morning
till right after we closed for lunch.

567
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:20,036
He was right next to me
when them sirens was going off.

568
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,360
Why would he lie?

569
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,478
'Cause the snitch
cut a deal with the cops.

570
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:27,776
They had him locked up for burglary,

571
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:29,996
and the day he give his statement,
he walk out free.

572
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:31,275
All charges dropped.

573
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,760
We told one of the other lawyers,
and they ain't do nothing about it.

574
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:36,315
Hmm.

575
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,640
Would you be willing to sign a statement
we could use in court?

576
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:46,319
Police will see my name?

577
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:50,515
It'd be on the record.

578
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:57,240
Darnell, exposing yourself like this
is not easy.

579
00:39:58,600 --> 00:39:59,875
But with your testimony,

580
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,560
we can file a motion
to reopen Johnny D.'s case.

581
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,149
Darnell...

582
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:08,880
we need you.

583
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:15,280
Okay, yeah.

584
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:16,953
Okay.

585
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:18,395
Yeah, that'll do it.

586
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:20,556
All right.

587
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:38,760
Good morning.

588
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,636
Good morning.

589
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:42,994
Thanks for seeing me again.

590
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:44,150
Mmm-hmm.

591
00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:49,357
I know the last time we met,
things didn't go quite the way I was...

592
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,511
I can't believe you met my family.

593
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:56,832
Drove down that dirt road,
crammed up in that little house,

594
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,992
talked to all my people,
say you gonna try to fight for me.

595
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:06,549
That mean a lot.

596
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,759
It meant a lot to me, too.

597
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:14,274
Oh, uh...

598
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,876
Minnie wanted me to give this to you.

599
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,234
And if you don't mind,
I have something I wanna show you.

600
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,120
It's a statement from Darnell Houston...

601
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:31,673
saying that he was with Bill Hooks

602
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,871
three miles away
at the time of the murder.

603
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,236
So, there's no way he could have seen
your truck there.

604
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,240
That's good, right?

605
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:39,595
That's very good.

606
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,835
I'm gonna submit this
with a motion for a new trial.

607
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,670
I know you talked to Minnie.
She told you what I did to her.

608
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,536
I ain't got no excuse for cheating
on a woman good as that one,

609
00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,040
good as she been to me.

610
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:03,793
I don't know why she's standing by me.

611
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,719
She's standing by you because she knows
you shouldn't be in here.

612
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,234
And so do I.

613
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,192
I know you didn't kill Ronda Morrison.

614
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,440
And I can help you prove that in court
if you'll let me.

615
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,951
You know, you done met my whole family.
You know everything about 'em.

616
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,073
I don't know nothing about you, though.

617
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:34,936
- What would you like to know?
- I wanna know it all.

618
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,759
Like why you... Why you doing this?

619
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,354
- Why am I a lawyer?
- No, no, no.

620
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:42,193
Why is you a lawyer down here in Alabama

621
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,920
taking these cases
that ain't nobody gonna pay you for?

622
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,397
I grew up down a road just like yours.

623
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:01,673
I played soccer in a dirt field
with the pigs and chickens.

624
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:05,193
Used to pump sewage from my yard.

625
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:14,198
When I was a teenager, my grandfather
was murdered over a black-and-white TV.

626
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,435
We kept waiting for someone
to show up to help.

627
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,320
They never did.

628
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:30,157
And that's when I realized that,
outside my community, nobody cared.

629
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,392
'Cause to them, he's just another
black man killed in the projects.

630
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:41,919
I know what it's like to be
in the shadows.

631
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:46,480
That's why I'm doing this.

632
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:52,200
That's a pretty good reason.

633
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,035
Okay.

634
00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:06,870
Okay...

635
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:10,715
Let's get to work.

636
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:15,310
Okay.

637
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,556
- Hey, yo, Johnny D.?
- Mmm-hmm.

638
00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,037
You signing up with that lawyer?

639
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:38,918
I'm gonna give him a try.

640
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,390
Seem like everybody on the row
working with him now.

641
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:43,914
I'm starting to feel left out.

642
00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:46,953
Is he really that good?

643
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:50,110
I hope so.

644
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,359
What you think, Herbert?

645
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:54,716
Should I just dump my guy
and make the switch over?

646
00:44:58,440 --> 00:44:59,669
Herb, you hear me?

647
00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:01,870
You there?

648
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:05,036
I'm here.

649
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,150
Herb, you okay?

650
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,876
They set my date.

651
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:25,856
Look here, Herb,
don't you worry about nothing now.

652
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,951
Everything gonna be a'ight. Okay?

653
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,793
Ain't nothing over yet.
You got Bryan working for you now.

654
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:36,199
I ain't like you guys.

655
00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:38,911
I deserve what's coming.

656
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,957
All right, now, see, Herb...

657
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,559
there you go talking out your ass.

658
00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:47,038
Now, you fought for this country.

659
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:50,351
And they threw you in the bag
like the trash.

660
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:54,516
That war made you sick
in your head, man.

661
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,239
You supposed to be in the hospital.

662
00:45:58,120 --> 00:45:59,156
Not here.

663
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,950
When I told the cops that stopped me
I was innocent,

664
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:08,479
do you know what they said?

665
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:12,314
"One of you niggers did it...

666
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:17,395
and if it wasn't you,
then you taking one for your homie."

667
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,115
Johnny D. prosecutor say he know
he killed the girl

668
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,476
because of the way he looked
in his mug shot.

669
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,119
You don't deserve this shit
more than any of us, Herb.

670
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,149
A girl is dead because of me.

671
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,916
That don't give nobody the right
to kill you back.

672
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,555
<i>Herbert was 18
when he went to Vietnam.</i>

673
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,031
He was the only survivor in an ambush
that killed his whole platoon.

674
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:57,991
After that, he had a mental breakdown,
attempted suicide,

675
00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,958
and was sent home
on an honorable discharge.

676
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:04,833
Back at home, he continued to suffer
from nightmares, crying fits...

677
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,913
running out of his house,
screaming "incoming" to his neighbors.

678
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:10,800
His lawyer didn't even mention
military service

679
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:12,593
or mental trauma to the jury.

680
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,912
A few months after the trial,
he was disbarred for misconduct.

681
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:17,116
'Course he was.

682
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,194
Okay, what can we do?

683
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,236
Well, since he's already been through
the appeals process,

684
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:28,671
the statute of limitations is gonna
make it hard for a judge to listen.

685
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:33,600
We're gonna have to try and make him.

686
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,753
I'll get started on the motion tonight.

687
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,240
- Hello?
- Okay.

688
00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:40,234
It's for you, Mom.

689
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:42,880
Oh, thank you, sweetie. Hello?

690
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,920
<i>You the bitch
working for that nigger lawyer?</i>

691
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:48,200
Who the hell is this?

692
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:49,953
<i>The guy who put the bomb
under your house</i>

693
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:51,554
<i>gonna blow your family all to hell</i>

694
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,195
<i>if you don't stop working
for that nigger Johnny D.</i>

695
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,080
Everybody, out of the house.

696
00:47:57,160 --> 00:47:58,913
- What's going on?
- I'll tell you outside.

697
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:18,714
They didn't find anything.

698
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:21,190
And they're sure?

699
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:23,673
They said they're sure.

700
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:25,376
They checked the basement, too,
like you said?

701
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,520
- Said they checked the basement.
- Okay.

702
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:31,280
All right,
we're gonna move on now.

703
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,877
Okay, baby, let's get you to bed.

704
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:38,876
Yo, come on.

705
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:50,270
When you asked me
to do this thing with you...

706
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,439
I knew that I'd lose some friends.

707
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:01,515
Have people talk shit behind my back,
or to my face.

708
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:05,720
I don't need people to like me,

709
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,598
as long as I'm doing
what I'm supposed to do.

710
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:13,953
But threatening my family...

711
00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:22,999
Eva, you know I'd never blame you
if you needed to stop.

712
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:28,839
I don't want my son growing up knowing

713
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:31,560
that his mom stopped doing
what was right

714
00:49:31,640 --> 00:49:34,235
just because she was scared
of some crazy bigot.

715
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:41,710
Okay?

716
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,233
What are we gonna do about McMillian?

717
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:50,958
We start the investigation from scratch.

718
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,757
Find anyone in town
who's willing to talk.

719
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:01,480
Maybe people will stop trying to kill us
once they realize how charming we are.

720
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,997
I just wanted to ask you
a couple questions

721
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:14,753
about the Ronda Morrison murder.

722
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:16,993
Uh, it's just...

723
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:18,896
You were on the witness list

724
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:20,416
for the Ronda Morrison trial
a few years back.

725
00:50:20,440 --> 00:50:22,636
Sorry. Can't help you with that.

726
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,776
Is there anything, anything at all
that you feel comfortable talking...

727
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:27,800
You know, look,

728
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,196
if you are not working
for that poor girl's family

729
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:31,736
then I ain't got nothing to say to you.

730
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,114
Sorry, sweetie.

731
00:50:35,120 --> 00:50:36,236
Officer Ikner?

732
00:50:37,720 --> 00:50:39,200
I ain't no officer no more.

733
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,551
I'm a lawyer representing
Johnny D. McMillian.

734
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,596
I understand you were the first officer
on the scene.

735
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:52,760
<i>I was right.</i>

736
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,480
The fish fry
was on Saturday, November 1st.

737
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:56,994
The same day as the murder.

738
00:50:57,080 --> 00:50:58,434
They put these up all over town.

739
00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:02,796
I could kiss you, Deb.

740
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:09,936
<i>We're planning to grow this
into something</i>

741
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:11,917
<i>the whole country will be talking about.</i>

742
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,799
And you can say
that it all started in your building.

743
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,520
What exactly kind of work do you do?

744
00:51:20,120 --> 00:51:21,520
We're just helping people.

745
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:29,576
- It looks good.
- It's perfect.

746
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,176
My client, Herbert Richardson,
was recommended for a Medal of Valor

747
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:33,793
for disarming a bomb in Vietnam.

748
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,793
We got a tip that a few
of your employees could back his alibi.

749
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,473
Vivian Clark was one of the teenagers

750
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:40,472
who were sexually abused
at your facility.

751
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:41,560
No, I'm not an attorney,

752
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,439
but I promise you,
your son is in very good hands.

753
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,110
We'll let you know.

754
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:50,556
- Yeah, very soon.
- Good talking to you.

755
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:54,952
Equal Justice Initiative.
This is Brenda.

756
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:59,277
Yeah. Okay. Yes. Uh-huh.
Just one moment.

757
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:01,115
Darnell Houston.

758
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:05,434
Hello, Darnell?

759
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:10,273
Whoa. Whoa, whoa.
Slow down, slow down, slow down.

760
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:12,556
Where are you?

761
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:17,914
- Are you okay?
- No, sir, I'm not.

762
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,393
Okay, Darnell,
let's go talk in the car. Okay?

763
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,235
How in the hell
they locking me up for perjury

764
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:31,357
if alls I did was say the truth? Hmm?

765
00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:34,956
I knew I shouldn't have
signed that paper, man.

766
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,256
Shouldn't have listened to you.

767
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:38,476
No. What they did to you
was completely illegal.

768
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:41,216
Okay? Now, I'm gonna talk to the DA
and get all these charges dismissed.

769
00:52:41,240 --> 00:52:42,799
This will never happen again.

770
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:44,314
Well, how the hell do you know?

771
00:52:45,240 --> 00:52:46,799
You can't control these guys.

772
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:50,036
They arrested me
in the middle of my shift,

773
00:52:50,120 --> 00:52:52,032
in front of my boss.

774
00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,430
I don't even know
if I got a job tomorrow.

775
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,635
I feel bad,
what they doing to Johnny D...

776
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,233
but I'm just trying to survive.

777
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:11,233
I can't fight these guys, man.

778
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:15,032
Go on and find somebody else.

779
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:18,033
Listen, Darnell.
Think about Johnny D., okay?

780
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,559
Think about his family. They need you.

781
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:22,959
Give me some time to work on this.

782
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:32,554
That's my ride.

783
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:35,833
Tell Johnny D. I'm sorry.

784
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:11,914
I need to speak with you.

785
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,637
Oh, hey, Bryan.

786
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:18,400
Have you met Sheriff Tate?

787
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,353
Who ordered the arrest of my witness?

788
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,993
When people make false statements
concerning this case,

789
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:28,673
they're gonna be held accountable.

790
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:30,016
You can't arrest someone for perjury

791
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,350
without evidence
that a false statement has been made.

792
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,160
Hang on. Are you representing
Mr. Houston now, too?

793
00:54:35,240 --> 00:54:36,310
Yes, I am.

794
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,960
His statement contradicts
Bill Hooks' entire testimony.

795
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:41,430
Hooks ain't the state's main witness.
Ralph Myers is.

796
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:43,796
Alabama Code 12-21-222

797
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,475
requires corroboration
of accomplice testimony.

798
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,075
So, without Hooks,
the conviction wouldn't be valid.

799
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:55,397
You know, I went down to see
Ronda Morrison's momma yesterday.

800
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:57,840
And she's in tears.

801
00:54:57,920 --> 00:55:01,231
She kept asking me
why some lawyer from up north

802
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:04,478
would come down here and make them
relive all this hell again.

803
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,839
Well, you can tell her it's because
Johnny D. didn't kill her daughter.

804
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,196
And whoever did
is still out there somewhere.

805
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:12,430
Hmm.

806
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:17,349
I know how desperate you must be

807
00:55:17,440 --> 00:55:20,274
to fulfill your fantasy
of who we are down here.

808
00:55:21,400 --> 00:55:24,996
Just a bunch of corrupt Southern racists
framing niggers for murder.

809
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:27,633
And you here to save the day.

810
00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:30,957
Well, hell, you can believe that
if you want to,

811
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:33,951
but I know
that Johnny D. killed that girl,

812
00:55:34,040 --> 00:55:35,315
and he's gonna answer for it.

813
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,799
And how do you know that?
You have no hard evidence.

814
00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:42,110
You based your entire case
on the word of an indicted felon

815
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,376
who had every incentive
to tell you what you wanted to hear.

816
00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,596
Ralph Myers testified on his own accord.

817
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:47,875
And it made no sense.

818
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:50,395
He couldn't finish a sentence
without contradicting himself.

819
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:54,516
Now, the charges against Darnell Houston
are baseless.

820
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:55,880
They'll never stand up in court.

821
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,519
They should be dropped immediately.

822
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:04,475
Okay.

823
00:56:06,720 --> 00:56:08,040
Is that okay with you, Tommy?

824
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:09,636
Sure.

825
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:12,033
Well, it doesn't really matter

826
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,271
now the court denied your motion
to reopen the case.

827
00:56:16,040 --> 00:56:17,110
Wait, what was that?

828
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:19,877
Oh, you didn't get the order?

829
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:22,479
Well, the judge is down in Mobile now,

830
00:56:22,560 --> 00:56:24,677
so, you know,
sometimes they have mail issues.

831
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,553
Listen, you can tell Mr. Houston

832
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:29,096
the charges against him
are being dropped.

833
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:30,216
I can do that much for y'all

834
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:32,550
but anything else
will have to be raised on appeal.

835
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:41,559
Thanks for stopping by, Counselor.

836
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:54,756
<i>I want to see my mother</i>

837
00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:57,071
<i>All I want</i>

838
00:56:57,160 --> 00:56:59,391
<i>Whoa</i>

839
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:02,035
<i>To see my mother</i>

840
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:04,231
<i>Child, I want</i>

841
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,634
<i>To see my mother</i>

842
00:57:09,720 --> 00:57:14,078
<i>I'm going home to live...</i>

843
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:25,240
Something wrong, Officer?

844
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:26,595
Step out of the vehicle.

845
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,075
I don't understand. I wasn't speeding.

846
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:32,114
I said step out of the vehicle.

847
00:57:33,440 --> 00:57:34,590
I'll get out of the car,

848
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,712
but first can you tell me
why you stopped me?

849
00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:39,536
- Get out of the goddamn car!
- Whoa!

850
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:41,597
Whoa, whoa. Okay, okay. Hold on.

851
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:43,000
- Come on!
- Okay.

852
00:57:43,080 --> 00:57:44,673
Okay. I'm taking off my seat belt.

853
00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:46,911
- Get it! Come on!
- Okay. I'm opening up the door.

854
00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:48,096
- I'm stepping out.
- Faster! Come on!

855
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:50,112
- Okay. I have nothing in my hands.
- Turn around!

856
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:52,078
- Yes. Okay. Okay.
- Hands on the car!

857
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:01,711
You don't have to have the gun
pointed at me.

858
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:05,555
- I'm not a threat.
- Shut your damn mouth, boy.

859
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:06,720
Hey, brother...

860
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,878
you ought to be careful with your words
when you got a gun at your head.

861
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:16,470
Let's go, John.

862
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:27,120
Why did you stop me?

863
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:28,475
We're letting you go.

864
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:31,435
You should be happy.

865
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:01,595
Even if they drop them charges,

866
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:04,673
Darnell ain't gonna testify
after what they done done to him.

867
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:09,309
I know we took a big hit. We did.

868
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:11,176
But we just need to gather more evidence
for another motion.

869
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,016
No, no. They gonna block it.
They gonna block it.

870
00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,431
If they can put me on the row for a year
without no trial,

871
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:17,954
they can do whatever they wanna do.

872
00:59:19,280 --> 00:59:21,351
They put you on death row
before your trial?

873
00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:22,840
Yeah.

874
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,513
Sheriff drove me himself.

875
00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:28,276
Said, "I'm gonna give you a little taste
of what it's like unless you confess."

876
00:59:29,840 --> 00:59:31,296
Why are you just now telling me this?

877
00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:32,754
This is how it is down here.

878
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:36,792
Been like this long as I can remember.

879
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:46,798
They messing with you, ain't they?

880
00:59:50,560 --> 00:59:53,792
Yeah, they are.
They're not making it easy on me.

881
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:58,600
I got a plan for you, though.

882
00:59:59,880 --> 01:00:00,916
I'm all ears.

883
01:00:02,600 --> 01:00:03,696
This what I think we should do.

884
01:00:03,720 --> 01:00:06,872
I think you should train up
another lawyer

885
01:00:06,960 --> 01:00:09,600
'cause I'm gonna need somebody
just in case they take you out.

886
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:14,154
Oh, it's like that?

887
01:00:14,240 --> 01:00:17,278
Like that. It's like that.

888
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:18,919
Thought I had a friend.

889
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:20,116
Ain't no friends in here.

890
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:21,600
- Cold world.
- Yeah.

891
01:00:25,360 --> 01:00:26,874
So, we ain't got Darnell.

892
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:30,070
What's the next move?

893
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,518
I think we should talk to Ralph Myers.

894
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:41,880
- Walter...
- No.

895
01:00:41,881 --> 01:00:43,281
Just listen to me for a second.

896
01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:46,878
I know it's risky,

897
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:48,880
but the only way to find out
what he really knows

898
01:00:48,960 --> 01:00:50,474
is for me to get him talking.

899
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:53,080
I know what he know.

900
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,519
You know what that man did to me?

901
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:01,040
Took my life away from me...

902
01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:04,109
to save his own ass.

903
01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:07,798
All he gonna give you is lies.

904
01:01:09,840 --> 01:01:11,638
I promise I'm gonna be careful.

905
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:22,000
Get in line.

906
01:01:40,520 --> 01:01:42,000
Mr. Myers.

907
01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:44,429
You Bobby?

908
01:01:45,600 --> 01:01:46,829
I'm Bryan.

909
01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:49,356
Maybe later.

910
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:52,597
Okay. Do you wanna sit down?

911
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:55,993
You gonna buy me a Coke first?

912
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:59,194
Or you gonna make me stare
at them vending machines all day?

913
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:02,479
Sure. What do you want?

914
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:04,754
Sunkist orange.

915
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:06,509
Okay.

916
01:02:06,600 --> 01:02:08,398
And some Jujyfruits, if they got 'em.

917
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:14,756
I just want to say
thanks for meeting me, Mr. Myers.

918
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:28,393
Can we start by talking about
your testimony against Johnny D.?

919
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:30,675
No.

920
01:02:31,960 --> 01:02:33,440
I ain't talking about him.

921
01:02:34,680 --> 01:02:36,592
That's the only reason why I'm here.

922
01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:38,239
You don't like it, leave.

923
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,360
Aw, don't look so sad.
We can talk about other things.

924
01:02:43,440 --> 01:02:44,590
I love to talk.

925
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:47,670
My wife says if I got paid
for every word I said,

926
01:02:47,760 --> 01:02:49,717
we'd be a couple of billionaires by now.

927
01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:53,910
Oh, yeah?

928
01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:56,193
How long you been married?

929
01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,433
Long enough to pop out a couple of kids
and watch her turn 'em all against me.

930
01:03:00,520 --> 01:03:01,749
You got kids?

931
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:03,155
Me? No.

932
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:05,480
But Johnny D. does.

933
01:03:07,480 --> 01:03:08,480
Yeah.

934
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:11,678
The thing about kids is
they ain't nothing like having a dog.

935
01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:13,389
It's a totally different deal.

936
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:15,711
I wish somebody had told me that
in the first place.

937
01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:19,674
And my kids,
they think they got it so bad.

938
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:22,119
They ain't seen nothing like I seen.

939
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:25,640
Try making it as a foster kid
your whole life.

940
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:27,440
As soon as you figure out
one shitty parent,

941
01:03:27,520 --> 01:03:29,000
they moving you to a new one.

942
01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:33,555
Uh...

943
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:35,280
I'm sorry.

944
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:37,434
I'm sure that wasn't easy.

945
01:03:43,280 --> 01:03:44,680
How many kids he got?

946
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:48,274
Johnny D. has three.

947
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,400
Mr. Myers, I know you
made a deal with the state.

948
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,033
But I don't think they told you
Johnny D. was gonna die because of it.

949
01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:01,632
That must not be an easy thing to carry.

950
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:05,799
And I'm hoping there's a part of you
that wants to make things right.

951
01:04:10,560 --> 01:04:12,631
Can we please talk about your testimony?

952
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:20,120
Hey. Hey!

953
01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:31,720
From the day they moved my ass
into Escambia...

954
01:04:32,080 --> 01:04:34,914
for something I'm telling you
I ain't had nothing to do with,

955
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:38,832
all them police wanted to talk about
was Ronda Morrison.

956
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:40,991
It was Morrison this, Morrison that.

957
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,754
Sometimes four or five of 'em
in the room at the same time.

958
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:48,159
They were questioning you about her
the day you were arrested?

959
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:52,360
Alls I'm saying is...

960
01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:57,075
ain't nobody cared about a damn thing
besides who killed that girl.

961
01:04:57,160 --> 01:04:59,038
And when people care
about a thing that much,

962
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:01,112
they'll do anything
to get what they want.

963
01:05:03,280 --> 01:05:05,880
You know they'll kill you
if you get to the bottom of this, right?

964
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:08,879
Wait. Where are you going?

965
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:10,679
We done here, Bobby.

966
01:05:10,800 --> 01:05:12,359
Thanks for the Jujys.

967
01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:15,035
Ready, boss.

968
01:05:18,920 --> 01:05:20,856
<i>Myers said he was questioned
about Ronda Morrison</i>

969
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:22,758
the day he was arrested, on June 3rd.

970
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:24,496
But the only statement
they presented in court

971
01:05:24,520 --> 01:05:26,989
<i>was recorded almost two months later.</i>

972
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:29,390
Do you think they're hiding
his first statement somewhere?

973
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:32,600
If they are, it might be
at the Escambia courthouse

974
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:34,120
with the files from his other case.

975
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:35,674
<i>You know anyone over there?</i>

976
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:37,789
I do.

977
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:44,157
That's everything we got on Myers.

978
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:45,480
You can make copies over there.

979
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:47,592
- Thank you, ma'am.
- Sure, baby.

980
01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:52,077
He's cute. Married?

981
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:54,311
Married to his work.

982
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:55,720
How's Uncle Mickey doing?

983
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:05,280
Miss Miller.

984
01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:07,669
Can I take a copy of these?

985
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:10,672
They ain't paying me enough to stop you.

986
01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:27,034
Did you find the transcript
from Myers' first statement?

987
01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:30,277
- Yeah.
- Thank you.

988
01:06:37,120 --> 01:06:38,120
What?

989
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,016
<i>I understand that, Sheriff.</i>

990
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:49,156
That's Myers.

991
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:50,800
<i>And that's what I'm trying to tell you.</i>

992
01:06:50,880 --> 01:06:54,794
<i>Because, I'm gonna be honest with ya,
I don't know a damn thing.</i>

993
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:57,016
<i>Is that right?</i>

994
01:06:57,040 --> 01:06:58,235
And that's Tate.

995
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:00,960
<i>Yes, sir. It's righter
than anything I've ever said.</i>

996
01:07:02,120 --> 01:07:04,080
<i>And you would take
a polygraph test</i>

997
01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:06,954
<i>to the fact that you do not know
who killed Ronda Morrison?</i>

998
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:08,474
<i>That's right, sir. I will.</i>

999
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:10,976
<i>Would you face the person</i>

1000
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:12,296
<i>who came in here
and testified that you...</i>

1001
01:07:12,320 --> 01:07:15,313
<i>I will face any damn body
in this world on that</i>

1002
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:17,392
<i>because it's a stone lie.</i>

1003
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:20,917
<i>And if you asking me to frame
an innocent man for murder,</i>

1004
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:23,071
<i>well, thatjust ain't something
I'm willing to do.</i>

1005
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:28,190
Holy shit.

1006
01:07:58,400 --> 01:07:59,800
Herb, you all right over there?

1007
01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:04,000
- Hmm?
- No.

1008
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:08,875
Now, listen here, you gonna have to get
your mind off tomorrow.

1009
01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:11,995
Bryan is working on that as we speak.

1010
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:15,353
Now, you know how these courts here is.

1011
01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:18,672
They wait till the last minute,
but you gonna get that stay.

1012
01:08:18,760 --> 01:08:22,037
Why did I make that bomb?

1013
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:24,273
Herb, don't go there now.

1014
01:08:24,360 --> 01:08:25,680
Why'd I do that?

1015
01:08:25,760 --> 01:08:28,878
I wasn't trying to hurt nobody.

1016
01:08:29,000 --> 01:08:30,195
Herb, I know.

1017
01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:34,475
Why am I so stupid?

1018
01:08:34,680 --> 01:08:36,478
No, no, you ain't stupid.

1019
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,635
That war got you sick,
and you still sick.

1020
01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,476
Girl wasn't supposed
to come by and pick it up.

1021
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:45,871
Listen, Herb. I want you to...

1022
01:08:45,960 --> 01:08:47,872
She wasn't supposed to come by
and pick it up.

1023
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:50,873
This what we gonna do, Herb.
We gonna slow your mind down.

1024
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:53,714
Remember what we practiced now.
What we do?

1025
01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:57,871
- Deep breaths.
- Yeah. Yeah.

1026
01:08:57,960 --> 01:08:59,120
Come on, do that with me now.

1027
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:01,837
Deep breaths.

1028
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:05,949
In and out.

1029
01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:11,835
Now in.

1030
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:15,634
Now close your eyes.

1031
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:18,714
Get away from all this.

1032
01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:22,154
No more walls.

1033
01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:24,400
No more guards.

1034
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:27,919
No more wars to fight.

1035
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:32,160
Just you, out in the open.

1036
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:35,393
Fresh air on your face.

1037
01:09:42,240 --> 01:09:43,959
<i>Look at them pine trees.</i>

1038
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:48,751
<i>They've been growing
since 'fore we was born.</i>

1039
01:09:51,760 --> 01:09:54,673
<i>And they gonna keep growing
even after we gone.</i>

1040
01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:00,918
<i>And they done been through the same shit
we done been through.</i>

1041
01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:06,830
<i>But they still dancing in the breeze.</i>

1042
01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:17,875
Can you see 'em?

1043
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:21,755
Yeah.

1044
01:10:22,560 --> 01:10:23,676
Good.

1045
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:27,712
Now I want you to think
about nothing else.

1046
01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:29,714
Just keep your mind on that.

1047
01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:32,758
And everything gonna be a'ight.

1048
01:10:50,480 --> 01:10:52,199
I need <i>Strickland v. Washington,</i>

1049
01:10:52,280 --> 01:10:54,033
and the affidavit
from Herbert's sergeant.

1050
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:11,309
Let's send it.

1051
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:19,920
Now what?

1052
01:11:22,840 --> 01:11:24,115
We wait.

1053
01:11:44,920 --> 01:11:46,752
EJI. This is Bryan Stevenson.

1054
01:11:46,840 --> 01:11:48,160
<i>Mr. Stevenson,</i>

1055
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:52,832
<i>the court has just entered an order
in case number 895395.</i>

1056
01:11:52,920 --> 01:11:54,718
<i>The motion for a stay of execution</i>

1057
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,679
<i>and petition for writ of certiorari
have been denied.</i>

1058
01:11:58,120 --> 01:12:00,954
<i>We'll fax copies of the order
over to your office shortly.</i>

1059
01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:05,192
- Thank you.
<i>- Thank you.</i>

1060
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:22,480
He asked me to be there.

1061
01:12:25,520 --> 01:12:26,670
Okay.

1062
01:12:27,760 --> 01:12:29,035
I'll drive you, then.

1063
01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:44,715
Come on, Herbert. We gotta go.

1064
01:13:07,240 --> 01:13:10,074
Can I say bye to my friends?

1065
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,312
When it get too much for you...

1066
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:32,152
you take them deep breaths.

1067
01:13:33,440 --> 01:13:35,079
Let your mind go.

1068
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:41,798
Wish I didn't have to do this alone.

1069
01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:46,033
You ain't by yourself, Herbert.

1070
01:13:47,920 --> 01:13:49,354
We all with you.

1071
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:53,279
Ain't that right, Ray?

1072
01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:58,517
That's right, Herb.
You ain't rid of us yet.

1073
01:14:04,240 --> 01:14:06,197
You've been a good friend.

1074
01:14:50,560 --> 01:14:52,120
First time in the chamber, huh?

1075
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:55,036
Yeah.

1076
01:14:55,120 --> 01:14:57,919
Don't think too much.
You'll lose your shit.

1077
01:15:10,040 --> 01:15:12,077
Need anything, Mr. Richardson?

1078
01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:16,152
You still gonna play my song?

1079
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:18,239
Got it cued up and ready.

1080
01:15:20,480 --> 01:15:21,709
Thank you.

1081
01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:36,832
It's been a strange day.

1082
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:43,117
More people asked
how they can help me today

1083
01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:45,431
than ever asked in my whole life.

1084
01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:54,313
Do I look funny?

1085
01:15:56,640 --> 01:16:01,192
I ain't know they were gonna
shave off everything.

1086
01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:05,000
You look fine.

1087
01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:22,476
Well, most people
don't get to sit and think all day...

1088
01:16:23,000 --> 01:16:25,071
about it being their last day alive.

1089
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:29,558
It's different than Nam.

1090
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:33,078
Least I had a chance there.

1091
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:41,640
I'm sorry.

1092
01:16:46,680 --> 01:16:50,720
You the only one cared enough
to fight for me.

1093
01:16:55,960 --> 01:16:59,032
Since I don't have family,

1094
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:02,397
I told the army to send my flag to you,
if that's okay.

1095
01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:09,554
I'd be honored.

1096
01:17:18,760 --> 01:17:21,036
Can you pray with me?

1097
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:25,994
Of course.

1098
01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:37,636
They're ready.

1099
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:49,955
<i>On a hill far away</i>

1100
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:55,237
<i>Stood an old rugged cross</i>

1101
01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:59,915
<i>The emblem of suffering and shame</i>

1102
01:18:02,160 --> 01:18:05,915
<i>And I love that old cross</i>

1103
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:09,471
<i>Where the dearest and best</i>

1104
01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:15,952
<i>For a world of lost sinners was slain</i>

1105
01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:21,791
<i>And I'll cherish</i>

1106
01:18:21,880 --> 01:18:25,954
<i>The old rugged cross</i>

1107
01:18:27,840 --> 01:18:29,877
<i>Till my trophies at last I lay down</i>

1108
01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:31,758
You, Herbert Lee Richardson,

1109
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:35,717
shall be put to death by electrocution
in the state of Alabama,

1110
01:18:35,800 --> 01:18:38,679
as ordered and decreed
by Judge Jerry M. White,

1111
01:18:38,760 --> 01:18:43,118
for the murder of Rena Mae Collins
on August the 16th, 1977.

1112
01:18:44,440 --> 01:18:45,590
So ordered.

1113
01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:47,909
Mr. Richardson...

1114
01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:50,916
do you have any final words
you'd like to say?

1115
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:59,595
<i>Oh, that old rugged cross</i>

1116
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:02,593
<i>So despised by the world</i>

1117
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:06,230
I have no ill feeling.

1118
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:10,793
And I hold nothing against anyone.

1119
01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:17,438
<i>So I'll cherish the old rugged cross</i>

1120
01:19:18,840 --> 01:19:20,320
<i>The old rugged cross</i>

1121
01:19:20,440 --> 01:19:25,117
<i>Till my trophies at last I lay down</i>

1122
01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:28,113
<i>I lay down</i>

1123
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:34,794
<i>I will cling to the old rugged cross</i>

1124
01:19:36,440 --> 01:19:43,358
<i>And exchange it someday for a crown</i>

1125
01:19:46,120 --> 01:19:49,477
<i>To the old rugged cross</i>

1126
01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:53,636
<i>I will ever be true</i>

1127
01:19:54,240 --> 01:19:59,952
<i>Its shame and reproach gladly bear</i>

1128
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:06,195
<i>Then he'll call me someday</i>

1129
01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:11,390
<i>To my home far away</i>

1130
01:20:11,480 --> 01:20:14,632
<i>Where his glory</i>

1131
01:20:14,720 --> 01:20:20,512
<i>Forever I'll share</i>

1132
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:24,440
<i>So I'll cherish...</i>

1133
01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:27,479
We with you, Herbert! We all with you!

1134
01:20:27,560 --> 01:20:29,040
We love you, Herb!

1135
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:30,474
We all with you, Herb.

1136
01:20:30,560 --> 01:20:32,040
I'm walking with you, Big Herb!

1137
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:33,554
Believe in your heart, Herb.

1138
01:20:33,680 --> 01:20:35,034
We're with you, buddy!

1139
01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:36,156
Be strong, Herb!

1140
01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:46,720
<i>I will cling to the old rugged cross</i>

1141
01:20:48,280 --> 01:20:52,638
<i>And exchange it someday</i>

1142
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:56,159
<i>For a crown</i>

1143
01:20:56,240 --> 01:20:57,833
We love you, Herb!

1144
01:21:50,880 --> 01:21:51,880
Hey.

1145
01:22:08,400 --> 01:22:09,436
I...

1146
01:23:12,200 --> 01:23:15,079
Well, I hope this important news
of yours comes with some food.

1147
01:23:15,160 --> 01:23:16,560
'Cause I'm starving.

1148
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:19,160
Sit down, Mr. Myers.

1149
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:24,751
You was a lot nicer the last time.

1150
01:23:29,560 --> 01:23:32,792
I heard the recording of the first
statement you gave on June 3rd.

1151
01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:36,077
The one they didn't present in court.

1152
01:23:38,400 --> 01:23:40,596
You told the sheriff
you didn't know anything

1153
01:23:40,680 --> 01:23:42,637
about Johnny D. or the murder.

1154
01:23:43,800 --> 01:23:46,031
You told him you didn't want to frame
an innocent man.

1155
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:47,840
Do you remember saying that?

1156
01:23:49,720 --> 01:23:50,915
Now, what I'm wondering is,

1157
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:54,277
how do you go from knowing nothing
about a murder on June 3rd

1158
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:57,273
to becoming the state's key witness
three months later?

1159
01:23:57,760 --> 01:23:59,319
What changed your mind?

1160
01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:13,555
What's that?

1161
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:16,631
Intake log from Holman prison.

1162
01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:20,517
On August 1st, 1987,

1163
01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:23,035
Sheriff Tate transferred two inmates

1164
01:24:23,560 --> 01:24:26,553
from county jail to death row.

1165
01:24:27,840 --> 01:24:29,320
Johnny D...

1166
01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:34,389
...and you.

1167
01:24:41,720 --> 01:24:42,920
Did they move you to death row

1168
01:24:43,000 --> 01:24:44,957
because you wouldn't
testify against him?

1169
01:24:50,520 --> 01:24:54,309
They executed Wayne Ritter a few weeks
after you got there, isn't that right?

1170
01:24:57,680 --> 01:24:58,909
I was in the witness room

1171
01:24:59,000 --> 01:25:01,560
when they killed Herbert Richardson
Thursday night.

1172
01:25:03,200 --> 01:25:07,956
And it was the most horrific thing
I've ever experienced.

1173
01:25:11,680 --> 01:25:14,957
I'm sure Ritter's execution
wasn't easy for you either.

1174
01:25:32,720 --> 01:25:35,997
They put me in the cell
closest to the kill room.

1175
01:25:39,240 --> 01:25:41,800
Middle of the night,
everybody started screaming,

1176
01:25:42,040 --> 01:25:43,520
banging on the bars.

1177
01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:46,430
And then...

1178
01:25:50,920 --> 01:25:53,992
Then came the smell of his skin burning.

1179
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:02,319
I know that smell.

1180
01:26:06,520 --> 01:26:08,273
May I ask you what happened?

1181
01:26:13,040 --> 01:26:14,554
Seven years old.

1182
01:26:15,920 --> 01:26:20,790
I was sleeping in my foster mom's
basement when her heater blowed up.

1183
01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:23,472
Catched my pj's on fire.

1184
01:26:25,040 --> 01:26:27,874
I was screaming for two minutes straight
before they found me.

1185
01:26:32,320 --> 01:26:36,951
Everybody knowed
that I got a fear of being burned.

1186
01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:42,436
They knowed what it would do to my head
to be in a place like that.

1187
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:48,032
I couldn't stop shaking all night.

1188
01:26:49,400 --> 01:26:51,357
Curled up on the floor like a baby.

1189
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:55,400
Trying to breathe,
but every breath you take just...

1190
01:26:57,320 --> 01:27:00,119
You get another taste
of the man they killed.

1191
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:06,275
You can't go through
something like that...

1192
01:27:06,760 --> 01:27:08,319
and come out the same.

1193
01:27:13,720 --> 01:27:14,836
I know.

1194
01:27:20,560 --> 01:27:22,153
I called that sheriff the next morning.

1195
01:27:22,240 --> 01:27:23,356
I told him...

1196
01:27:24,040 --> 01:27:27,636
I would say whatever he wanted
to get me out.

1197
01:27:29,040 --> 01:27:30,633
And he took my statement...

1198
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:33,717
moved me to county the next day.

1199
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:40,836
Mr. Myers, we're going to court
very soon

1200
01:27:40,920 --> 01:27:43,674
to try to get Johnny D.
the retrial he deserves.

1201
01:27:44,240 --> 01:27:46,118
And I'd like you to take the stand.

1202
01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:50,396
No.

1203
01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:53,352
No, sir. No, sir.

1204
01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:54,960
They are using you.

1205
01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:57,559
They're using you to condemn a man

1206
01:27:57,640 --> 01:27:59,836
that you have much more in common with
than you think.

1207
01:28:01,080 --> 01:28:03,496
And if there's any part of you
that wants to make things right,

1208
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:05,830
this is the last chance
you're gonna get.

1209
01:28:15,240 --> 01:28:19,314
The tension is high this morning
here at the Baldwin County Courthouse,

1210
01:28:19,480 --> 01:28:22,279
<i>where a hearing is being held
to see if the man convicted</i>

1211
01:28:22,400 --> 01:28:25,711
<i>of killing Ronda Morrison
deserves a new trial.</i>

1212
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:28,474
<i>Miss Morrison was only 18 years old</i>

1213
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:32,395
<i>when she was murdered at Jackson
Cleaners in Monroeville, Alabama.</i>

1214
01:28:32,480 --> 01:28:37,760
<i>Many have taken the two-hour drive here
from Monroeville to show their support.</i>

1215
01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:40,315
<i>Extra security precautions
were implemented</i>

1216
01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:43,154
<i>due to the highly emotional nature
of this case.</i>

1217
01:28:46,880 --> 01:28:49,554
<i>Ronda Morrison's parents said
they have no doubt</i>

1218
01:28:49,640 --> 01:28:53,634
<i>Mr. McMillian is the man responsible
for the murder of their daughter,</i>

1219
01:28:53,720 --> 01:28:57,430
<i>but members of McMillian's family
claim they have the wrong man.</i>

1220
01:28:57,560 --> 01:29:01,440
<i>Much of today's hearing is hinging
on the testimony of Ralph Myers,</i>

1221
01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:03,830
<i>a convicted felon
who was the key witness</i>

1222
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:06,276
<i>against McMillian in the original trial.</i>

1223
01:29:35,480 --> 01:29:39,679
What we'll be talking about today
is obviously an emotional issue.

1224
01:29:40,320 --> 01:29:42,960
And if any of y'all don't think
you can maintain

1225
01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:45,271
a reasonable degree of decorum...

1226
01:29:45,880 --> 01:29:47,951
then I would ask you to leave now.

1227
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:56,236
All right, if we're ready, then,
we will proceed.

1228
01:29:58,080 --> 01:29:59,480
Mr. Stevenson.

1229
01:30:00,320 --> 01:30:01,720
Thank you, Your Honor.

1230
01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:14,832
The state's case
against Walter McMillian

1231
01:30:14,920 --> 01:30:17,230
turned entirely
on the testimony of Ralph Myers.

1232
01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:20,559
There was no other evidence
to establish Mr. McMillian's guilt.

1233
01:30:20,840 --> 01:30:23,309
No physical evidence
linking him to the crime.

1234
01:30:23,400 --> 01:30:25,357
No motive. No witnesses.

1235
01:30:25,480 --> 01:30:27,039
Only the word of one man.

1236
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:31,637
We call Ralph Myers to the stand.

1237
01:30:56,960 --> 01:30:59,600
Sir, please stand
and place your right hand on the Bible.

1238
01:31:02,720 --> 01:31:04,256
You swear to tell the truth,
the whole truth,

1239
01:31:04,280 --> 01:31:06,351
and nothing but the truth,
so help you God?

1240
01:31:08,480 --> 01:31:09,550
Mr. Myers?

1241
01:31:10,280 --> 01:31:12,556
Oh, yes. Sorry.

1242
01:31:13,120 --> 01:31:16,397
The guards got me up about 2:00
in the morning to get me out here.

1243
01:31:29,200 --> 01:31:31,476
Mr. Myers, did you testify against
Walter McMillian

1244
01:31:31,560 --> 01:31:33,040
in August of 1988?

1245
01:31:34,200 --> 01:31:35,520
Is that when it was?

1246
01:31:37,240 --> 01:31:38,959
According to the record, yes.

1247
01:31:40,360 --> 01:31:42,636
Okay, then, sure. If you say so.

1248
01:31:46,440 --> 01:31:48,955
And what did you say to the jury
when you testified?

1249
01:31:53,600 --> 01:31:57,310
I don't think I can fully remember, sir,

1250
01:31:57,400 --> 01:31:59,915
to be honest with you. Sorry.

1251
01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:02,795
No, that's quite all right.

1252
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:04,951
I have a transcript
of your testimony right here.

1253
01:32:17,960 --> 01:32:19,952
At the trial, do you remember testifying

1254
01:32:20,040 --> 01:32:22,430
that you were unwillingly
made part of a capital murder

1255
01:32:22,520 --> 01:32:25,035
and robbery on November 1st, 1986

1256
01:32:25,120 --> 01:32:27,396
when Walter McMillian
saw you at a car wash

1257
01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:29,751
and asked you to drive his truck
because his arm hurt?

1258
01:32:31,560 --> 01:32:32,994
Yes, sir, I guess so.

1259
01:32:33,800 --> 01:32:37,760
Do you remember saying that you drove
Mr. McMillian to Jackson Cleaners,

1260
01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:39,797
subsequently went into the building

1261
01:32:39,880 --> 01:32:41,872
and saw Mr. McMillian with a gun,

1262
01:32:41,960 --> 01:32:44,236
standing over the body
of Ronda Morrison?

1263
01:32:46,480 --> 01:32:47,596
Yes, sir.

1264
01:32:49,400 --> 01:32:51,756
Mr. Myers, was the testimony
that you gave

1265
01:32:51,840 --> 01:32:53,797
at Walter McMillian's trial true?

1266
01:33:04,280 --> 01:33:05,396
I don't know.

1267
01:33:08,800 --> 01:33:10,075
You don't know?

1268
01:33:13,680 --> 01:33:15,399
I don't think I remember.

1269
01:33:37,880 --> 01:33:42,079
Mr. Myers, do you know
who Walter McMillian is?

1270
01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:45,635
Yes, sir.

1271
01:33:47,200 --> 01:33:48,680
Is he in this room?

1272
01:33:50,000 --> 01:33:51,195
Yes, sir.

1273
01:33:55,560 --> 01:33:57,233
Could you point him out for us?

1274
01:34:21,080 --> 01:34:23,470
I'd like to ask you that question
one more time.

1275
01:34:24,600 --> 01:34:28,958
Was the testimony that you gave
at Walter McMillian's trial true?

1276
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:40,716
No, sir. Not at all.

1277
01:34:41,880 --> 01:34:44,076
Order, please.

1278
01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:47,153
Did you see Mr. McMillian
on the day Ronda Morrison was murdered?

1279
01:34:47,560 --> 01:34:48,630
No, sir.

1280
01:34:48,720 --> 01:34:51,315
Did you drive his truck
to Monroeville that day?

1281
01:34:51,400 --> 01:34:52,959
No. Never did.

1282
01:34:53,080 --> 01:34:54,639
Did you go into Jackson Cleaners

1283
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:58,111
and see Mr. McMillian standing
over the body of Ronda Morrison?

1284
01:34:59,040 --> 01:35:00,554
Absolutely not.

1285
01:35:05,040 --> 01:35:06,190
Thank you.

1286
01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:09,353
No further questions, Your Honor.

1287
01:35:15,080 --> 01:35:16,275
<i>Mr. Myers...</i>

1288
01:35:17,280 --> 01:35:21,160
how do we know
you ain't upset with the deal you got

1289
01:35:21,240 --> 01:35:22,959
and you feel like somehow by...

1290
01:35:23,920 --> 01:35:27,675
changing your story,
might help to get you out?

1291
01:35:29,640 --> 01:35:32,200
Because that just
don't make no sense, sir.

1292
01:35:33,440 --> 01:35:36,512
Who do you think is deciding
what happens to me?

1293
01:35:37,120 --> 01:35:38,395
If I live or die?

1294
01:35:39,360 --> 01:35:41,920
It ain't me. It ain't Johnny D.

1295
01:35:42,000 --> 01:35:44,515
It's all y'all
that's deciding that, so...

1296
01:35:44,600 --> 01:35:48,037
how's my saying what I'm saying
gonna help to get me out?

1297
01:35:48,120 --> 01:35:50,555
If anything,
it's gonna help get me to death row.

1298
01:35:52,760 --> 01:35:53,876
But I don't care.

1299
01:35:54,440 --> 01:35:56,432
Y'all can do what you want with me.

1300
01:35:57,360 --> 01:35:58,555
'Cause me...

1301
01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:01,556
I can look in your face

1302
01:36:01,640 --> 01:36:04,997
or anybody else's face,
dead eye to eyeball

1303
01:36:05,080 --> 01:36:08,357
and say that anything I told
about Mr. McMillian...

1304
01:36:10,200 --> 01:36:11,554
was a lie.

1305
01:36:13,120 --> 01:36:14,679
He's here 'cause of me.

1306
01:36:18,360 --> 01:36:20,477
And I sure would appreciate
you sending him home

1307
01:36:20,560 --> 01:36:22,472
to his kids where he belongs.

1308
01:36:28,720 --> 01:36:30,160
We submit a copy of the official log

1309
01:36:30,200 --> 01:36:32,280
from the police officer
that stopped by the fish fry,

1310
01:36:32,320 --> 01:36:34,630
confirming Walter McMillian was there
with his family.

1311
01:36:35,440 --> 01:36:38,956
Mr. Myers said that the body was faceup
near the front counter.

1312
01:36:39,800 --> 01:36:43,316
But I found her facedown
in the back, by the bathroom.

1313
01:36:44,440 --> 01:36:46,955
Submitting exculpatory records
from Ralph Myers' stay

1314
01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:48,952
at the Taylor Hardin
psychiatric hospital.

1315
01:36:49,040 --> 01:36:51,919
Which the state did not disclose
to defense counsel.

1316
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:55,312
<i>Mr. Myers was my patient
at the time,</i>

1317
01:36:55,400 --> 01:36:58,040
and he claimed on numerous occasions

1318
01:36:58,120 --> 01:37:00,430
that he was being threatened
with the electric chair

1319
01:37:00,560 --> 01:37:03,394
if he didn't say
what the authorities wanted to hear.

1320
01:37:03,880 --> 01:37:06,395
The prosecutor
asked me to testify

1321
01:37:06,480 --> 01:37:09,234
that she had been drugged
from the front to the back.

1322
01:37:09,560 --> 01:37:11,916
And I told him,
"I ain't gonna lie in court."

1323
01:37:13,200 --> 01:37:17,194
And then, well, a few weeks later,
I got fired from the department.

1324
01:37:19,760 --> 01:37:21,672
All of the evidence
presented today

1325
01:37:21,760 --> 01:37:23,877
would have been critical
to the outcome of this case.

1326
01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:27,798
And its exclusion is a clear violation
of <i>Brady v. Maryland</i>

1327
01:37:27,880 --> 01:37:30,031
and Mr. McMillian's
constitutional rights.

1328
01:37:30,960 --> 01:37:33,191
The truth has not been told
in this case.

1329
01:37:33,640 --> 01:37:35,916
And I understand a lot of time
has gone by...

1330
01:37:37,080 --> 01:37:39,720
but I personally believe
that it's never too late for justice.

1331
01:37:41,200 --> 01:37:44,671
We ask the court to grant our motion
and order a new trial for Mr. McMillian.

1332
01:37:46,920 --> 01:37:48,274
Thank you, Your Honor.

1333
01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:52,440
Thank you, Counselors.

1334
01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:54,354
We'll reconvene at a later date

1335
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:56,557
once I've had time
to look through everything.

1336
01:37:57,920 --> 01:37:59,240
All rise.

1337
01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:07,696
Tell you the truth, I didn't think
he was gonna go through with it.

1338
01:38:07,720 --> 01:38:10,792
Honestly, for a second there,
I didn't think so either.

1339
01:38:16,080 --> 01:38:18,549
I can't even tell you
how I feel right now.

1340
01:38:21,520 --> 01:38:22,590
Thank you.

1341
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:35,156
We got a few minutes
if y'all wanna say hi.

1342
01:38:44,200 --> 01:38:45,759
We leave in five minutes.

1343
01:38:46,240 --> 01:38:47,435
What's up, old man?

1344
01:38:48,240 --> 01:38:50,152
- You did great.
- Thank you.

1345
01:38:50,240 --> 01:38:52,596
Mmm-hmm. Chapman ought
to call you tonight

1346
01:38:52,680 --> 01:38:54,376
and tell you that
he's dropping all them charges.

1347
01:38:54,400 --> 01:38:55,880
Yeah, I wouldn't hold my breath.

1348
01:39:05,960 --> 01:39:08,191
<i>Upon the reading
of my decision,</i>

1349
01:39:08,280 --> 01:39:11,956
<i>I expect the rules of decorum
in this courtroom to be upheld.</i>

1350
01:39:16,400 --> 01:39:19,154
Ralph Myers took the stand
before this court,

1351
01:39:19,240 --> 01:39:20,879
swore to tell the truth,

1352
01:39:21,200 --> 01:39:22,998
and proceeded to recant most,

1353
01:39:23,080 --> 01:39:27,279
if not all of the relevant portions
of his testimony at trial.

1354
01:39:28,200 --> 01:39:31,238
Clearly, he has either
perjured himself at trial,

1355
01:39:31,360 --> 01:39:33,079
or in front of this court.

1356
01:39:34,520 --> 01:39:36,159
After careful review,

1357
01:39:36,280 --> 01:39:37,634
it is this court's opinion

1358
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:40,952
that conclusive evidence
has not been provided

1359
01:39:41,040 --> 01:39:44,238
that Ralph Myers perjured himself
at the original trial

1360
01:39:44,760 --> 01:39:48,595
and that pressure put on him
since his trial testimony

1361
01:39:48,680 --> 01:39:51,400
could tend to discredit his recantation.

1362
01:39:52,600 --> 01:39:56,116
Therefore, it is ordered,
adjudged and decreed

1363
01:39:56,200 --> 01:39:58,510
that the trial testimony of Ralph Myers

1364
01:39:58,600 --> 01:40:01,434
is not found
to have been perjured testimony,

1365
01:40:02,000 --> 01:40:03,639
and no new trial shall be granted...

1366
01:40:03,720 --> 01:40:05,080
- It's not over.
- ...at this time.

1367
01:40:05,960 --> 01:40:09,237
Walter McMillian shall be returned
to Holman Correctional Facility,

1368
01:40:09,320 --> 01:40:11,994
where he is to face
death by electrocution.

1369
01:40:27,360 --> 01:40:29,556
You can't do this to us again, Judge.

1370
01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:30,756
Sit down, young man.

1371
01:40:30,840 --> 01:40:32,216
- John...
- This is my dad, sir.

1372
01:40:32,240 --> 01:40:33,959
John. I want you to sit down now.

1373
01:40:34,040 --> 01:40:35,474
He ain't do nothing wrong.

1374
01:40:35,560 --> 01:40:37,233
Listen to your father. Not here.

1375
01:40:37,320 --> 01:40:38,549
He ain't do nothing wrong.

1376
01:40:38,640 --> 01:40:39,994
Sit down right now

1377
01:40:40,080 --> 01:40:41,992
or you'll be arrested
for contempt of court.

1378
01:40:42,080 --> 01:40:44,296
Judge, just give me one second.
Please, Judge. Hold on one second.

1379
01:40:44,320 --> 01:40:45,320
Sit down, John.

1380
01:40:45,400 --> 01:40:47,278
I won't say it again.
Sit down!

1381
01:40:47,360 --> 01:40:49,636
Not if you gonna kill my dad
for no reason.

1382
01:40:50,040 --> 01:40:52,839
Not if you gonna kill my dad
for no reason!

1383
01:40:52,920 --> 01:40:54,176
He ain't do nothing wrong!

1384
01:40:54,200 --> 01:40:55,536
Not in here. Not like this.

1385
01:40:55,560 --> 01:40:57,279
You killing my family, sir.

1386
01:40:58,040 --> 01:41:00,396
You killing my family, sir. You!

1387
01:41:06,280 --> 01:41:07,280
John!

1388
01:41:08,040 --> 01:41:09,856
Judge! Judge! He's not resisting.

1389
01:41:09,880 --> 01:41:11,456
- John!
- He ain't do nothing.

1390
01:41:11,480 --> 01:41:12,596
Stop resisting.

1391
01:41:32,640 --> 01:41:35,030
You hear me?
Don't you let them get you.

1392
01:41:38,760 --> 01:41:40,513
It's gonna be all right.

1393
01:41:41,040 --> 01:41:42,474
Come on. Let's get you home.

1394
01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:04,752
Come on, man, don't make this hard.

1395
01:42:11,320 --> 01:42:12,800
Come on.

1396
01:42:12,880 --> 01:42:15,600
No. Don't do this, McMillian.
Come on. Go in.

1397
01:42:16,840 --> 01:42:18,399
Johnny D., no! No!

1398
01:42:22,520 --> 01:42:23,840
Johnny D., no!

1399
01:42:26,960 --> 01:42:27,996
Johnny...

1400
01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:32,791
Relax. Relax. Relax.

1401
01:42:34,120 --> 01:42:35,576
Give me your arm. Give me...

1402
01:42:35,600 --> 01:42:37,200
Get him cuffed!
Get him cuffed.

1403
01:42:38,040 --> 01:42:39,190
Relax.

1404
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:49,320
Good job.

1405
01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:00,430
<i>No more</i>

1406
01:44:01,160 --> 01:44:04,517
<i>Auction</i>

1407
01:44:05,240 --> 01:44:11,680
<i>Block for me</i>

1408
01:44:14,600 --> 01:44:17,798
<i>No more</i>

1409
01:44:18,640 --> 01:44:25,640
<i>No more</i>

1410
01:44:28,040 --> 01:44:31,272
<i>No more</i>

1411
01:44:31,800 --> 01:44:36,397
<i>Auction</i>

1412
01:44:36,960 --> 01:44:43,116
<i>Block for me</i>

1413
01:44:54,640 --> 01:44:55,915
Nobody wants to remember

1414
01:44:56,000 --> 01:44:58,993
that this is where
thousands of enslaved people

1415
01:44:59,080 --> 01:45:02,676
were shipped in
and paraded up the street to be sold.

1416
01:45:05,920 --> 01:45:06,920
Just ten miles from here,

1417
01:45:06,960 --> 01:45:09,080
black people were pulled
from their homes and lynched.

1418
01:45:10,760 --> 01:45:12,274
Nobody talks about it.

1419
01:45:16,760 --> 01:45:20,197
And now this black boy from Delaware
walks into their courtrooms

1420
01:45:20,280 --> 01:45:24,194
and expects them to admit
they convicted an innocent black man.

1421
01:45:27,720 --> 01:45:30,952
I promised that whole community
I was gonna bring him home.

1422
01:45:35,360 --> 01:45:37,192
Then I just made things worse.

1423
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,472
I've heard a lot of lawyers say

1424
01:45:48,560 --> 01:45:51,155
it's not a good idea
to get close to your clients.

1425
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:54,153
Distance is healthy.

1426
01:45:57,840 --> 01:46:00,912
But working with you
showed me that that's bullshit.

1427
01:46:03,280 --> 01:46:06,193
You choose to get close
to every one of them.

1428
01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:09,915
And you love them
like they are your family.

1429
01:46:11,600 --> 01:46:14,274
And when your family is hurting,
you're hurting.

1430
01:46:20,400 --> 01:46:22,869
There is no way
that I could fully understand

1431
01:46:22,960 --> 01:46:24,758
what it is that you're going through.

1432
01:46:28,760 --> 01:46:30,433
But I am pretty sure that...

1433
01:46:30,800 --> 01:46:33,156
you mean a lot more to this community
than you think.

1434
01:47:39,120 --> 01:47:40,873
Walter, I'm so sorry.

1435
01:47:48,120 --> 01:47:51,033
Day I got arrested,
I thought I was gonna be okay.

1436
01:47:52,960 --> 01:47:54,633
'Cause I got the truth.

1437
01:47:59,240 --> 01:48:01,277
Soon as they talk to everybody
that was with me,

1438
01:48:01,360 --> 01:48:02,953
they gonna have to let me go.

1439
01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:11,280
Then the police
keep calling you a killer.

1440
01:48:14,040 --> 01:48:18,034
Some white dude say he saw you do it.

1441
01:48:21,560 --> 01:48:23,677
News people saying you did it.

1442
01:48:25,720 --> 01:48:29,111
Judge and jury saying you did it.

1443
01:48:32,520 --> 01:48:34,000
Now you on the row...

1444
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:40,312
two, three, four years.

1445
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:44,311
Your friends and your kids
ain't calling you like they used to.

1446
01:48:46,960 --> 01:48:50,920
After a while, you start wondering
what they think about you.

1447
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:55,195
You start wondering
what you think about you.

1448
01:49:01,720 --> 01:49:03,757
The truth ain't so clear no more.

1449
01:49:09,200 --> 01:49:11,192
But these last few days...

1450
01:49:11,960 --> 01:49:14,600
I can't stop thinking
about Myers up there.

1451
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:17,192
Telling everybody how it went down.

1452
01:49:21,960 --> 01:49:25,351
That's the first time I feel like myself
since I've been locked up.

1453
01:49:28,360 --> 01:49:30,556
The first time I remember who I is.

1454
01:49:39,960 --> 01:49:42,156
These fools gonna do what they gonna do.

1455
01:49:46,040 --> 01:49:48,635
But if they take me
to that chair tonight...

1456
01:49:51,720 --> 01:49:53,473
I'm going out smiling.

1457
01:49:56,840 --> 01:49:58,718
'Cause I got my truth back.

1458
01:50:03,720 --> 01:50:05,393
You gave that to me.

1459
01:50:08,520 --> 01:50:10,159
To me and my family.

1460
01:50:13,400 --> 01:50:15,710
And ain't nobody
gonna take that from us.

1461
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:27,398
You ain't quitting, is you?

1462
01:50:31,680 --> 01:50:33,000
No, sir.

1463
01:50:40,120 --> 01:50:42,999
Then there ain't no reason for you
to say you're sorry.

1464
01:50:50,440 --> 01:50:53,399
I know how disappointing
the last hearing was...

1465
01:50:54,160 --> 01:50:56,720
but that's not where this is gonna end.

1466
01:50:57,800 --> 01:50:59,640
We're preparing a motion
to submit our evidence

1467
01:50:59,720 --> 01:51:01,712
to the state supreme court
in Montgomery.

1468
01:51:02,440 --> 01:51:04,557
They have the power
to reverse the last decision

1469
01:51:04,640 --> 01:51:06,791
and force the circuit court
to give us a new trial.

1470
01:51:08,280 --> 01:51:09,634
You think they'll do that?

1471
01:51:10,160 --> 01:51:11,355
Nothing's guaranteed.

1472
01:51:12,400 --> 01:51:15,916
But I can't see how an outside court
can ignore the evidence that we have.

1473
01:51:17,840 --> 01:51:19,035
And then what?

1474
01:51:20,400 --> 01:51:21,436
Even if he do get out,

1475
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:23,796
everybody but us
still gonna think he guilty.

1476
01:51:24,720 --> 01:51:27,235
If they can't kill him in there,
they can still do it out here.

1477
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:30,359
We've been worried about that, too.

1478
01:51:31,120 --> 01:51:33,430
And we're working on something
to help get the truth out.

1479
01:51:40,360 --> 01:51:42,800
We're rolling.
Whenever you're ready, Mr. Bradley.

1480
01:51:43,600 --> 01:51:45,557
Okay, Bryan, you ready?

1481
01:51:46,400 --> 01:51:47,550
I am.

1482
01:51:51,800 --> 01:51:56,033
<i>His name is Walter McMillian,
known to his friends as Johnny D.,</i>

1483
01:51:56,120 --> 01:51:58,680
<i>and he's been on death row
in Alabama's Holman prison</i>

1484
01:51:58,760 --> 01:52:00,479
<i>for almost six years.</i>

1485
01:52:00,880 --> 01:52:03,679
<i>A jury was convinced
they got the right man.</i>

1486
01:52:03,760 --> 01:52:06,480
<i>But you may not be
after you watch this story.</i>

1487
01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:08,595
<i>The clerk who was murdered...</i>

1488
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:10,558
Hey, hey, turn that up!
I can't hear it.

1489
01:52:11,120 --> 01:52:14,431
<i>Johnny D. says
they want to execute the wrong man.</i>

1490
01:52:14,720 --> 01:52:16,837
<i>- You didn't kill Ronda Morrison?
- No, sir.</i>

1491
01:52:16,920 --> 01:52:18,680
<i>I never seen Ronda Morrison
a day in my life.</i>

1492
01:52:18,760 --> 01:52:19,910
<i>God knows I ain't.</i>

1493
01:52:20,000 --> 01:52:22,310
<i>Did you ever go
into Monroeville</i>

1494
01:52:22,400 --> 01:52:24,312
<i>- on the day of the murder?
- No, sir.</i>

1495
01:52:24,400 --> 01:52:27,120
- <i>You never went in...
- Never went to Monroeville, period.</i>

1496
01:52:27,240 --> 01:52:29,709
<i>I told them I had seen
a young girl</i>

1497
01:52:29,800 --> 01:52:31,951
<i>laying on the floor with her mouth open,</i>

1498
01:52:32,040 --> 01:52:33,679
<i>Johnny D. standing over her.</i>

1499
01:52:34,040 --> 01:52:35,394
<i>Was it true?</i>

1500
01:52:35,840 --> 01:52:38,674
<i>No, sir. Not at all. Nowhere near true.</i>

1501
01:52:39,520 --> 01:52:43,196
<i>If an execution date is set
for McMillian, and that day comes</i>

1502
01:52:43,280 --> 01:52:46,591
<i>and it's time for him to go
to the electric chair,</i>

1503
01:52:46,680 --> 01:52:48,034
<i>will you be comfortable?</i>

1504
01:52:48,120 --> 01:52:49,395
<i>Yes.</i>

1505
01:52:50,400 --> 01:52:51,720
<i>I'd be comfortable with it.</i>

1506
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:55,200
<i>Do you think it's fair, just?
He had his...</i>

1507
01:52:55,280 --> 01:52:56,714
<i>He had his day in court.</i>

1508
01:52:57,120 --> 01:52:59,077
<i>He was tried by a jury.</i>

1509
01:52:59,160 --> 01:53:01,038
<i>They heard his testimony
and they believed it.</i>

1510
01:53:01,840 --> 01:53:05,277
<i>Chapman says he's going
to indict Myers for perjury.</i>

1511
01:53:05,520 --> 01:53:09,355
<i>Not for what he said at the trial,
but for what he's saying now.</i>

1512
01:53:09,880 --> 01:53:11,680
<i>Next, we'll be presenting
our evidence</i>

1513
01:53:11,760 --> 01:53:13,319
<i>to the Alabama Supreme Court,</i>

1514
01:53:13,400 --> 01:53:15,869
<i>hoping they'll see
what we think is very clear...</i>

1515
01:53:16,160 --> 01:53:18,038
<i>that Walter McMillian is innocent.</i>

1516
01:53:18,400 --> 01:53:20,119
<i>McMillian's fate is now</i>

1517
01:53:20,200 --> 01:53:22,431
<i>in the hands
of the Alabama Supreme Court,</i>

1518
01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:26,719
<i>which is expected to decide soon
if he's entitled to a new trial.</i>

1519
01:53:32,400 --> 01:53:33,880
EJI, this is Brenda.

1520
01:53:37,880 --> 01:53:39,837
Okay. I'll let him know. Thank you.

1521
01:53:43,600 --> 01:53:45,592
The supreme court ruling
in the McMillian case

1522
01:53:45,680 --> 01:53:46,909
is ready to be picked up.

1523
01:53:52,200 --> 01:53:53,520
I'll be back.

1524
01:53:59,920 --> 01:54:01,070
You're welcome.

1525
01:54:15,160 --> 01:54:17,496
<i>A wave of shock
rolled through Monroe County today</i>

1526
01:54:17,520 --> 01:54:18,954
<i>when the Alabama Supreme Court</i>

1527
01:54:19,080 --> 01:54:21,356
overturned the circuit court's
previous decision

1528
01:54:21,440 --> 01:54:25,400
and granted a new trial to convicted
killer Walter "Johnny D." McMillian.

1529
01:54:25,800 --> 01:54:27,871
This was the first time a court
outside the county

1530
01:54:27,960 --> 01:54:31,271
was shown the overwhelming evidence
proving Mr. McMillian's innocence.

1531
01:54:31,360 --> 01:54:33,272
Though the court
granted him a new trial,

1532
01:54:33,360 --> 01:54:35,397
we believe he deserves
to be released immediately.

1533
01:54:35,480 --> 01:54:37,880
And that's exactly what we'll be arguing
at the next hearing.

1534
01:54:37,960 --> 01:54:39,536
Mr. Chapman, how do you feel
about today's decision?

1535
01:54:39,560 --> 01:54:41,677
I have no comment at this time.
Thank you.

1536
01:54:49,480 --> 01:54:51,392
I'm looking for
Attorney Bryan Stevenson.

1537
01:54:53,400 --> 01:54:55,392
- Mr. Stevenson?
- How can I help you?

1538
01:54:55,480 --> 01:54:57,870
Yes, sir, I've been ordered
to serve you this pleading.

1539
01:54:58,960 --> 01:55:00,280
Thank you.

1540
01:55:15,880 --> 01:55:18,236
Tommy Chapman is asking the court
to stay the proceedings

1541
01:55:18,320 --> 01:55:20,471
so he can open up a new investigation.

1542
01:55:21,560 --> 01:55:23,950
He's trying to buy time
to rebuild his case.

1543
01:55:24,600 --> 01:55:27,240
That son of a bitch.

1544
01:55:33,960 --> 01:55:35,296
- Bryan?
- You're asking the court

1545
01:55:35,320 --> 01:55:37,915
to keep a man on death row
you know is innocent.

1546
01:55:40,120 --> 01:55:42,680
Excuse me, Counselor?
I don't know what you mean.

1547
01:55:42,760 --> 01:55:45,036
The supreme court supports
all the evidence we presented.

1548
01:55:45,120 --> 01:55:47,954
Every one of your witnesses recanted.
You got nothing left.

1549
01:55:48,040 --> 01:55:50,040
Well, hang on,
my investigation's still in process.

1550
01:55:50,080 --> 01:55:51,960
And we both know
you're not gonna find anything.

1551
01:55:55,440 --> 01:55:57,318
Do you have any idea the bullshit...

1552
01:55:58,080 --> 01:56:01,039
that I've had to put up with
since your <i>60 Minutes</i> story aired?

1553
01:56:01,880 --> 01:56:05,715
I got the governor on my ass,
got the NAACP calling me a racist.

1554
01:56:06,200 --> 01:56:08,510
I got Ronda's family
checking in every five minutes.

1555
01:56:08,600 --> 01:56:10,200
You can't keep an innocent man in prison

1556
01:56:10,280 --> 01:56:11,919
while you try
to salvage your reputation.

1557
01:56:12,000 --> 01:56:14,071
This ain't got nothing to do
with my reputation.

1558
01:56:15,600 --> 01:56:19,435
This is about the people of this county
who have hired me to keep 'em safe.

1559
01:56:20,680 --> 01:56:22,876
And what people
are you talking about right now?

1560
01:56:23,480 --> 01:56:25,039
The ones from this neighborhood?

1561
01:56:25,200 --> 01:56:28,159
Or the ones from the black community
you took Johnny D. from?

1562
01:56:28,240 --> 01:56:30,038
You think they feel safe?

1563
01:56:33,720 --> 01:56:36,235
Your job isn't to defend
a conviction, Tommy.

1564
01:56:36,320 --> 01:56:38,073
It's to achieve justice.

1565
01:56:38,800 --> 01:56:41,759
And as long as you keep fighting this,
someone from your county

1566
01:56:41,840 --> 01:56:44,071
has literally gotten away with murder.

1567
01:56:45,320 --> 01:56:47,136
You wanna come all the way to my house
at dinner time

1568
01:56:47,160 --> 01:56:48,799
just to tell me how to do my job?

1569
01:56:49,120 --> 01:56:50,713
No. No, I'm here

1570
01:56:50,800 --> 01:56:53,599
because I think you know the difference
between right and wrong.

1571
01:56:54,160 --> 01:56:56,629
And you know Johnny D.
didn't kill that girl.

1572
01:56:58,480 --> 01:57:00,870
I'm filing a motion
to dismiss all charges.

1573
01:57:01,080 --> 01:57:02,912
And I think that you should join it.

1574
01:57:14,840 --> 01:57:16,911
Next time you wanna stop by my house...

1575
01:57:19,280 --> 01:57:20,999
appreciate you calling me first.

1576
01:57:21,280 --> 01:57:23,397
Now, you get the hell
off my property, Bryan.

1577
01:57:43,920 --> 01:57:45,320
There's Bryan.

1578
01:57:46,040 --> 01:57:47,936
- What's going on?
- They won't let us in.

1579
01:57:47,960 --> 01:57:50,839
That boy is making us wait out here
for over an hour.

1580
01:57:51,680 --> 01:57:53,000
Excuse me.

1581
01:57:53,080 --> 01:57:54,355
What are you doing?

1582
01:57:54,440 --> 01:57:55,874
Just following orders.

1583
01:57:56,320 --> 01:57:59,552
This is a public hearing.
These people need to be let in now.

1584
01:58:02,000 --> 01:58:03,000
Um...

1585
01:58:06,360 --> 01:58:07,874
Y'all can go in now.

1586
01:58:08,160 --> 01:58:09,799
Now that there's no seats left.

1587
01:58:09,880 --> 01:58:11,109
It's okay.

1588
01:58:11,720 --> 01:58:13,074
We'll find room.

1589
01:58:13,480 --> 01:58:14,576
- Go on in.
- Y'all come on.

1590
01:58:14,600 --> 01:58:16,080
- Excuse us.
- Yeah.

1591
01:58:16,160 --> 01:58:17,355
Come on, y'all.

1592
01:58:18,120 --> 01:58:19,554
Right this way. Come on.

1593
01:58:20,360 --> 01:58:21,589
Okay.

1594
01:58:25,240 --> 01:58:26,416
Good to see you, sugar.

1595
01:58:26,440 --> 01:58:28,113
Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am.

1596
01:58:30,040 --> 01:58:31,440
All rise.

1597
01:58:34,120 --> 01:58:37,591
The 28th Judicial Circuit Court
of Alabama is now in session.

1598
01:58:37,680 --> 01:58:40,275
The Honorable Judge
Pamela Baschab presiding.

1599
01:58:40,640 --> 01:58:41,835
Please be seated.

1600
01:58:45,280 --> 01:58:49,593
We've got a full house, so let's try
to move through this in a timely manner.

1601
01:58:49,960 --> 01:58:53,158
We're here because Mr. Stevenson
has filed a motion

1602
01:58:53,240 --> 01:58:55,197
to dismiss all charges

1603
01:58:55,280 --> 01:58:57,670
against Mr. McMillian in this case.

1604
01:58:58,000 --> 01:58:59,753
Now, Mr. Stevenson,
since it's your motion,

1605
01:58:59,840 --> 01:59:01,638
I'd like for you to speak to it first

1606
01:59:01,720 --> 01:59:03,279
and then we'll hear from the state.

1607
01:59:16,280 --> 01:59:19,830
It's easy to see this case as one man
trying to prove his innocence.

1608
01:59:21,400 --> 01:59:23,790
But when you take a black man
and you put him on death row

1609
01:59:23,880 --> 01:59:25,394
a year before his trial...

1610
01:59:26,400 --> 01:59:29,199
and exclude black people
from serving on his jury...

1611
01:59:30,720 --> 01:59:31,880
When you base your conviction

1612
01:59:31,960 --> 01:59:34,156
on a coerced testimony
of a white felon...

1613
01:59:34,960 --> 01:59:38,920
and ignore the testimony of two dozen
law-abiding black witnesses...

1614
01:59:40,560 --> 01:59:43,075
When any evidence proving
his innocence is suppressed

1615
01:59:43,160 --> 01:59:46,278
and anyone who tries to tell the truth
is threatened...

1616
01:59:47,040 --> 01:59:50,317
this case becomes more than the trial
of just a single defendant.

1617
01:59:51,280 --> 01:59:52,873
It becomes a test

1618
01:59:52,960 --> 01:59:56,271
of whether we're going to be
governed by fear and by anger

1619
01:59:56,640 --> 01:59:58,120
or by the rule of law.

1620
02:00:05,160 --> 02:00:07,200
If the people standing in the back
of this courtroom

1621
02:00:07,240 --> 02:00:09,516
are all presumed guilty when accused...

1622
02:00:12,080 --> 02:00:14,276
If they have to leave here
and live in fear

1623
02:00:14,360 --> 02:00:16,829
of when this very thing
will happen to them...

1624
02:00:19,080 --> 02:00:20,833
If we're just gonna accept the system

1625
02:00:20,920 --> 02:00:23,560
that treats you better
if you're rich and guilty

1626
02:00:23,640 --> 02:00:25,791
than if you're poor and innocent,

1627
02:00:25,880 --> 02:00:27,473
then we can't claim to be just.

1628
02:00:29,200 --> 02:00:32,318
If we say we're committed
to equal justice under law,

1629
02:00:32,400 --> 02:00:34,437
to protecting
the rights of every citizen,

1630
02:00:34,520 --> 02:00:37,877
regardless of wealth, race, or status,

1631
02:00:38,400 --> 02:00:41,677
then we have to end this nightmare
for Walter McMillian and his family.

1632
02:00:42,680 --> 02:00:45,479
The charges against him have been proven
to be a false construction

1633
02:00:45,560 --> 02:00:49,031
of desperate people
fueled by bigotry and bias...

1634
02:00:49,800 --> 02:00:52,554
who ignored the truth
in exchange for easy solutions,

1635
02:00:52,680 --> 02:00:54,273
and that's not the law.

1636
02:00:56,120 --> 02:00:57,679
That's not justice.

1637
02:01:01,080 --> 02:01:02,275
That's not right.

1638
02:01:05,560 --> 02:01:08,678
I ask that this case
be dismissed immediately, Your Honor.

1639
02:01:11,960 --> 02:01:13,360
Thank you.

1640
02:01:26,240 --> 02:01:29,438
Mr. Chapman, what is the state's
position on this motion?

1641
02:01:36,600 --> 02:01:39,672
Your Honor, may I approach the bench?

1642
02:01:39,760 --> 02:01:40,876
Yes.

1643
02:01:45,640 --> 02:01:46,915
Your Honor, um...

1644
02:01:47,480 --> 02:01:48,709
I'm troubled.

1645
02:01:50,400 --> 02:01:51,993
- You're troubled?
- Troubled.

1646
02:01:56,920 --> 02:01:59,037
'Cause I know that the people
in this community

1647
02:01:59,120 --> 02:02:00,600
want to go to sleep at night

1648
02:02:00,680 --> 02:02:03,479
knowing that if someone
has committed a terrible crime,

1649
02:02:03,560 --> 02:02:05,677
then that someone is gonna be punished.

1650
02:02:10,760 --> 02:02:11,955
But, um...

1651
02:02:12,840 --> 02:02:14,069
in this case...

1652
02:02:16,720 --> 02:02:20,077
Your Honor, I have taken another look
at the evidence...

1653
02:02:20,960 --> 02:02:22,110
and, uh...

1654
02:02:26,960 --> 02:02:28,633
Mr. Chapman, please?

1655
02:02:28,720 --> 02:02:31,189
And the state does not object
to the motion, Your Honor.

1656
02:02:33,400 --> 02:02:34,550
What?

1657
02:02:37,120 --> 02:02:39,191
To be clear,
Mr. Chapman,

1658
02:02:39,280 --> 02:02:43,240
are you joining the motion
to dismiss all charges today?

1659
02:02:44,800 --> 02:02:46,120
Yes, Your Honor, I am.

1660
02:02:48,240 --> 02:02:49,276
Order.

1661
02:02:49,360 --> 02:02:51,636
Please. Order.

1662
02:02:55,000 --> 02:02:58,198
Well, y'all have made my job easy today.

1663
02:02:59,200 --> 02:03:02,796
In the case of <i>The People v. McMillian,</i>

1664
02:03:02,880 --> 02:03:06,191
the court hereby grants
the defendant's motion.

1665
02:03:07,000 --> 02:03:10,311
All charges against you
are dismissed, Mr. McMillian.

1666
02:03:10,400 --> 02:03:12,596
What does that mean?

1667
02:03:12,680 --> 02:03:13,909
That means you're free.

1668
02:03:14,000 --> 02:03:15,957
That means you're free
and you get to go home.

1669
02:03:31,160 --> 02:03:32,196
Hey.

1670
02:03:36,200 --> 02:03:37,360
Your family's coming.

1671
02:04:00,600 --> 02:04:02,512
I have my family back.

1672
02:04:51,040 --> 02:04:52,759
We're all with you, brother.

1673
02:05:14,160 --> 02:05:15,753
Yo, Johnny D.!

1674
02:05:45,080 --> 02:05:47,914
<i>I came out of law school
with grand ideas in my mind</i>

1675
02:05:48,000 --> 02:05:49,719
<i>about how to change the world.</i>

1676
02:05:53,320 --> 02:05:55,880
<i>But Mr. McMillian made me realize
we can't change the world</i>

1677
02:05:55,960 --> 02:05:57,679
<i>with only ideas in our minds.</i>

1678
02:05:59,400 --> 02:06:01,153
<i>We need conviction in our hearts.</i>

1679
02:06:03,360 --> 02:06:05,238
<i>This man taught me how to stay hopeful.</i>

1680
02:06:05,880 --> 02:06:08,190
<i>Because I now know that hopelessness</i>

1681
02:06:08,280 --> 02:06:09,873
<i>is the enemy ofjustice.</i>

1682
02:06:12,360 --> 02:06:14,113
<i>Hope allows us to push forward,</i>

1683
02:06:14,200 --> 02:06:17,238
<i>even when the truth is distorted
by the people in power.</i>

1684
02:06:20,080 --> 02:06:21,799
<i>It allows us to stand up</i>

1685
02:06:22,160 --> 02:06:23,833
<i>when they tell us to sit down.</i>

1686
02:06:24,240 --> 02:06:26,914
<i>And to speak when they say, "Be quiet."</i>

1687
02:06:32,120 --> 02:06:34,430
Through this work,
I've learned that each of us

1688
02:06:34,520 --> 02:06:36,637
is more than the worst thing
that we've ever done.

1689
02:06:38,600 --> 02:06:40,831
That the opposite of poverty
isn't wealth.

1690
02:06:42,160 --> 02:06:44,914
The opposite of poverty is justice.

1691
02:06:46,920 --> 02:06:49,355
That the character of our nation
isn't reflected

1692
02:06:49,440 --> 02:06:51,830
in how we treat the rich
and the privileged...

1693
02:06:53,080 --> 02:06:57,359
but how we treat the poor,
the disfavored and condemned.

1694
02:07:02,120 --> 02:07:05,591
Our system has taken more away
from this innocent man

1695
02:07:05,720 --> 02:07:07,473
than it has the power to give back.

1696
02:07:10,840 --> 02:07:13,639
But I believe if each of us
can follow his lead...

1697
02:07:14,680 --> 02:07:17,070
we can change this world for the better.

1698
02:07:21,080 --> 02:07:23,197
If we can look at ourselves closely...

1699
02:07:23,960 --> 02:07:25,280
and honestly...

1700
02:07:25,880 --> 02:07:28,918
I believe we will see
that we all need justice.

1701
02:07:30,840 --> 02:07:32,752
We all need mercy.

1702
02:07:33,600 --> 02:07:34,795
And perhaps...

1703
02:07:35,200 --> 02:07:38,238
we all need some measure
of unmerited grace.

1704
02:07:41,720 --> 02:07:43,040
Thank you.

1705
02:07:46,360 --> 02:07:48,079
I taught you all that?

1706
02:07:51,440 --> 02:07:53,159
Yeah, you taught me some of that.

1707
02:07:54,360 --> 02:07:56,875
I'm pretty good, ain't I?

1708
02:07:57,360 --> 02:07:58,430
Yeah.

1709
02:07:58,520 --> 02:07:59,954
Great job.

1710
02:09:50,560 --> 02:09:52,119
Hi!

1711
02:09:52,760 --> 02:09:56,037
Oh, Lord, thank you, Jesus.

1712
02:09:56,240 --> 02:09:58,550
Thank you, Lord.

1713
02:09:59,400 --> 02:10:02,632
Oh, thank you, Jesus.

1714
02:10:18,000 --> 02:10:19,878
<i>I'ma gonna lay down,
lay down</i>

1715
02:10:19,960 --> 02:10:23,431
<i>I'ma gonna lay down, lay down</i>

1716
02:10:23,520 --> 02:10:30,074
<i>I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1717
02:10:30,160 --> 02:10:33,995
<i>Yes, I'ma gonna lay down, lay down</i>

1718
02:10:34,080 --> 02:10:37,391
<i>I'ma gonna lay down, lay down</i>

1719
02:10:37,480 --> 02:10:42,555
<i>I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1720
02:10:42,640 --> 02:10:46,680
<i>Oh, when them gamblers get together</i>

1721
02:10:46,760 --> 02:10:49,912
<i>How they can gamble like one another</i>

1722
02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:55,359
<i>But I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1723
02:10:55,440 --> 02:10:59,275
<i>Oh, when them drunkards get together</i>

1724
02:10:59,360 --> 02:11:02,398
<i>How they can drink like one another</i>

1725
02:11:02,480 --> 02:11:06,997
<i>But I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1726
02:11:07,080 --> 02:11:10,312
<i>Yes, I'ma gonna lay down my life</i>

1727
02:11:10,400 --> 02:11:14,076
<i>Oh, yes, I'm gonna lay down my</i>

1728
02:11:14,160 --> 02:11:18,677
<i>Lord, I'm gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1729
02:11:18,760 --> 02:11:22,117
<i>And John said to lay down my life</i>

1730
02:11:22,200 --> 02:11:25,591
<i>Yes, he said, "Lay down, lay down"</i>

1731
02:11:25,680 --> 02:11:30,038
<i>John said to lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1732
02:11:30,120 --> 02:11:33,079
<i>Luke said to lay down, lay down</i>

1733
02:11:33,160 --> 02:11:36,517
<i>Oh, Luke said to lay down, lay down</i>

1734
02:11:36,600 --> 02:11:41,436
<i>Yeah, Luke said to lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1735
02:11:41,520 --> 02:11:45,036
<i>Oh, when them dicers get together</i>

1736
02:11:45,120 --> 02:11:47,954
<i>How they economize one another</i>

1737
02:11:48,040 --> 02:11:52,478
<i>But I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1738
02:11:52,560 --> 02:11:56,236
<i>Oh, when them dicers get together</i>

1739
02:11:56,320 --> 02:11:59,074
<i>How they economize one another</i>

1740
02:11:59,200 --> 02:12:03,672
<i>But I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1741
02:12:03,760 --> 02:12:07,276
<i>Oh, when them liars get together</i>

1742
02:12:07,360 --> 02:12:10,114
<i>How they can lie like one another</i>

1743
02:12:10,200 --> 02:12:14,797
<i>But I'ma gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>

1744
02:12:14,880 --> 02:12:17,952
<i>Yes, I'ma gonna lay down, lay down</i>

1745
02:12:18,040 --> 02:12:21,192
<i>I'ma gonna lay down, lay down</i>

1746
02:12:21,280 --> 02:12:28,153
<i>I know I'm gonna lay down my life
for my Lord</i>