Just Mercy, through Chapter 14

The Stinney trial is significant because in it

• the Supreme Court declared the death penalty unconstitutional.
• a judge declared that a boy who was executed more than 50 years ago did not receive a fair trial.
• Bryan Stevenson lost this case and his client was executed.
• Hillary Clinton defended Stinney years ago when she was a trial attorney.

What percentage of prison inmates in the U.S. have at least one mental health problem?

• 5
• 10
• 20
• over 50

The issue with Joe Sullivan, one of Bryan Stevenson's clients, is that he

• was sentenced to death.
• had no people of color on his jury.
• witnessed a gang murder and had to go into hiding.
• was a juvenile with a mental disability sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Marsha Colby was a poor white woman with a husband and six children living in temporary housing.  Bryan Stevenson took her case because

• there was no evidence that she had murdered her husband.
• she was convicted of killing her stillborn child despite a lack of evidence.
• she was accused of beating her children by a wealthy woman she worked for even though there was no evidence of abuse.
• her jury included no women, a violation of Batson.

According to Roper v. Simmons

• the 8th Amendment does not prohibit the execution of juveniles.
• the 8th Amendment prohibits the execution of minors under the age of 12.
• the 8th Amendment prohibits the execution of all juveniles.
• the Supreme Court no longer favors executions for juveniles or adults.

The 8th Amendment

• prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.
• provides equal protection and due process of the law.
• guarantees the right to free speech.
• protects privacy.

Walter

• is eventually set free.
• is executed for his crime.
• becomes the subject of a United States Supreme Court case about the justice system in Southern states.
• ends up dying in prison waiting for his appeal to work its way through the system.