Walter McMillian
Where was Walter on the day of Ronda Morrison's murder?
A fish fry at his house
Where did Bryan study law?
Harvard
With whom did Walter have an affair?
Karen Kelly
What are the three rhetorical devices?
Ethos, logos, and pathos
What do each of the three rhetorical devices appeal to?
Ethos = credibility
Pathos = emotions
Logos = logic
What type of truck did Walter have?
A lowrider
How old was Bryan during his first visit to death row in 1983?
23
What are the names of the two women who were murdered?
Ronda Morrison and Vickie Pittman
Which of the rhetorical devices is the following an example of:
"In 1945, the Supreme Court upheld a Texas statute that limited the number of black jurors to exactly one per case" (57).
Logos
Which of the rhetorical devices is the following an example of:
"over 50 percent of prison and jail inmates in the US have a diagnosed mental illness" (163).
Logos
Where was Walter placed BEFORE his trial?
On death row
What nonprofit did Bryan Stevenson start that seeks to represent inmates on death row for free?
the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
Who is known as the "jailhouse snitch" and testifies that they saw Walter's lowrider truck pull out of the cleaners?
Bill Hooks
Which of the rhetorical devices is the following an example of:
"They've threatened us, lied to us, there are people who have told us that some folks in the county are so unnerved by what we're doing that they're going to kill us" (161).
Pathos
Which of the rhetorical devices is the following an example of:
"I was in my late twenties and about to start my fourth year at the Southern Prisoners Defense Committee" (19).
Ethos
Who are the two people primarily responsible for Walter being on death row?
Ralph Myers and Bill Hooks
What story does Bryan retell in the book that demonstrates his personal experience with racism?
He was racially profiled after sitting in his car one night and was illegally searched by a SWAT team.
Who was re-elected to their position despite their negligence and likely illegal activities?
Sheriff Tom Tate
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Why was Walter targeted as a suspect for this crime?
He was having an interracial affair with a white woman, upsetting many people in his community, where racist roots still ran deep.
What did Bryan say was the first act of domestic terrorism in America?
Slavery and lynchings
Who are the three individuals who were sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes they committed as children?
Trina, Ian, and Antonio
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