WorksheetsJust Mercy Chapter 3 and 9
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 19mins
On what charge was Walter McMillian arrested?
The murder of Ronda Morrison
Having had interracial relations with Karen Kelly
Sodomy -- Myers claimed that Walter had assaulted him.
Walter McMillian was arrested with no charges against him.
The murder of Vickie Pittman.
How does jury selection impact the trials of black defendants?
It is impossible to create a jury in the South that is not mostly white because most counties are majority white. For the same reason, these majority white juries rarely sit for black defendants.
It is difficult to create juries that weren’t mostly white because minorities notoriously don’t show up for jury duty. The racial make-up of these juries doesn’t seem to impact the trials of black defendants, as the racist jurors, even the white ones, are sent home.
Juries generally mirror the racial make-up of the counties the trials are housed in, providing a mostly fair trial for the defendant regardless of race.
Juries are generally mostly white because of the techniques prosecutors use to exclude back jurors. Majority white juries make a conviction more likely for black defendants.
Stevenson uses Herbert Richardson as a means to represent the stories of what group of incarcerated Americans?
Richardson represents the large number of Americans sitting on death row who are innocent of the crimes they have been convicted of.
The growing number of African Americans who have been sentenced to death row or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Richardson represents 1/5 of inmates that are veterans. Like many combat veterans, Richardson experienced trauma that made it difficult for him to reintegrate into civilian society.
Richardson is one of a surprising number of Americans sitting on death row who are mentally handicapped.
Richardson is one of thousands of American inmates who has suffered abuse in prison.
In chapter 3, who was the District Attorney of Monroe County at the time?
Bill Hooks
Tom Chapman
Ted Pearson
Tate Thomas
Pick all evidence that proved that Walter McMillian could not have committed the murder
Walter was out doing timber work
There was a fish fry being held at Walter's house at the time of the murder with multiple that confirmed seeing him there.
A police officer stopped by the fish fry and logged that Walter was present at the house.
Walter's truck was dismantled at the time of the murder.
Walter and his family was at church during the murder
"The large wooden chair was built in the 1930s, and inmates had painted it yellow before attaching its leather straps and electrodes. They called it _____ ____ "
(a)
How did the south get around the Supreme Court's rule for juries, "excluding minorities is unconstitutional"?
Hired black jurors and forced them to be biased against other African Americans
Used peremptory strikes to remove all black jurors
Held trials in mainly white populated areas.
Hired only white judges.
Who is Amelia Boynton Robinson
A white civil rights activist
The first black woman to be a lawyer
A legendary civil rights activist and mother of Bruce Boynton
The minister of a local church in Monroe County
How many days did Judge Thomas B. Norton Jr. give Stevenson to present his evidence?
5 days
3 days
7 days
4 days
Who was Ms. Williams, and what happened to her in 1965?
A middle-aged African American woman and in 1965 she was beaten by white women because they disliked her features.
A young African American woman who was adopted as a maid for a white family in 1965
Walter McMillian's grandmother was assaulted by white people while walking through a white neighborhood in 1965.
An old African American woman that was attacked in 1965 by dogs while marching for voting rights at the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
On page 49, Stevenson gives Myers’s account of his and McMillian’s supposed involvement in the murder of Ronda Morrison. Why was the story about McMillian making Myers drive him to murder Ronda Morrison suspicious?
McMillian didn’t own a vehicle.
Myers claims McMillian made him drive because he had an injured arm, yet McMillian supposedly drove the truck to where he picked up Myers.
Myers didn’t know how to drive.
It was well known that McMillian wouldn’t let anyone else drive his own vehicle.
McMillian knew Myers and didn’t trust him. It doesn’t make sense that he would have involved Myers in a crime.
Who is Tom Chapman?
The new District Attorney of Monroe County
A police officer that visited Walter when he was hosting the fish fry
The new sheriff of Monroe County
The lawyer that Bryan Stevenson used to share an apartment with.
What was the most important evidence that Stevenson saved for last on the last day of the hearings?
The testimonies of the 6 people who were jailed with Myers.
The tapes of Thomas Tate, Simon Benson, and Larry Ikner interrogating Ralph Myers
The testimonies of J.L. Chestnut and Bruce Boynton
Why was the courtroom changed and Walter's supporters kept out of the courtroom?
The courtroom was enforcing social distancing rules
Chapman and Valeska wanted to keep Walter's supporters out.
Chapman and Valeska were terrified of Walter's supporters.
To minimize the amount of people that could prove Walter's innocence from getting in the courtroom.
What was Assistant Attorney General Don Valeska reputation?
Valeska is unbiased towards all people of color.
Valeska is aggressive in his prosecution of "bad guys"
Valeska supports minorities wronged by the law.
Valeska has a reputation of threatening witnesses to lie in their testimonies.
Who was discharged from the police department after telling the prosecutors of Walter that he refused to lie?
Ralph Myers
Officer Woodrow Ikner
ABI lead investigator Larry Ikner
