equal justice initiative
The Equal Justice Initiative documented racial terror lynchings during the post-emancipation Reconstruction era, from 1865 to 1876.
The actor is playing Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson, who has fought for the wrongly condemned and convicted for decades.
An HBO documentary about Bryan Stevenson sounds an urgent call to examine the nation's past, from slavery to lynching.
“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” This joke has a Mississippi senator in hot water.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice draws a line from the slavery and lynching of the past to the criminal justice system of today.
"All of a sudden, I knew I wanted to help condemned people get to higher ground," says Bryan Stevenson.
It's not about, "Does this person deserve to die?" says attorney Bryan Stevenson.
"You can't get mercy unless you give it."