Vocab
Vocab word that means "having a great deal of money."
Affluent
Where was Walter on the day of Ronda Morrison's murder?
A fish fry at his house
With who did Walter have an affair?
Karen Kelly
Was a Vietnam War veteran. He was sentenced to death for accidentally killing a small child with a bomb.
Herbert Richardson
Finish this often-said phrase from the memoir: We are all more than...
the worst thing we have ever done.
Vocab word that means "outstandingly bad or shocking."
Egregious
What type of truck did Walter have?
A lowrider
What are the names of the two women who were murdered?
Was from California and was condemned to die in prison at 14 for a (fake) kidnapping. Was the youngest person in the United States sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime in which no one was physically injured.
Antonio Nunez
What television program did an episode covering Walter's case before he was freed?
60 Minutes
Vocab word that means "exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action."
Impunity
Who would you say is primarily responsible for Walter being on death row as a result of their false testimonies?
Ralph Myers/Bill Hooks/Tom Tate
The sheriff of Monroe County who put Walter and Ralph on death row before they even went to trial.
Tom Tate
A woman who was imprisoned for homicide after having a stillbirth.
Marsha Colbey
Term that means: to the reality that the United States criminalizes and incarcerates more of its own people than any other country in the history of the world and inflicts that enormous harm primarily on the most vulnerable among us: poor people of color.
Mass incarceration.
Vocab that means the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something
alleviation, lessening, easing
What is mitigation?
How long was Walter on death row?
Six Years
Who is Tom Chapman?
Monroe County's District Attorney
This person was accused of a horrible crime at a young age (that he didn’t do). He was sentenced to life in prison without parole and the trauma of his time in prison led to physical disability, including being wheelchair bound.
Joe Sullivan
Is Stevenson's overall tone more hopeful or hopeless?
Hopeful! He says multiple times that the most important thing is hope.
Vocab word that means to restore (someone) to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
rehabilitate
What disorder did Walter suffer from shortly after he got off death row?
Trauma-Induced Dementia
Who told Bryan he had evidence of Walter's innocence but was then arrested for perjury?
Darnell Houston
A man who had severe mental disabilities and a horrible childhood who was sentenced to life imprisonment because no one considered his disabilities or background (mitigating evidence) before sentencing him. He always asked Stevenson for a chocolate milkshake.
Avery Jenkins
Bryan Stevenson argued that life imprisonment without parole for minors was unconstitutional because...
It is cruel and unusual punishment