Walter McMillian
Where does Walter live?
Monroe County, Alabama
Where did Bryan study law?
Harvard
Who founded the EJI?
Bryan Stevenson
What is the genre of this book?
Nonfiction
What do each of the three rhetorical devices appeal to?
Ethos=credibility
Pathos=emotions
Logos=logic
True or False: Walter was married with three children.
True - his wife's name is Minnie
How old was Bryan during his first visit to death row in 1983?
23
What does EJI stand for?
Equal Justice Initiative
What fictional character is Walter compared to?
Tom Robinson from To Kill a Mockingbird
What are THREE factors that influence the way a message is perceived or conveyed in a rhetorical situation?
Tone, diction, syntax, eye contact, setting, bias, audience, prior experience/knowledge, level of education/experience, body language
Who was Walter having an affair with?
Karen Kelly
For what organization was Bryan an intern?
Southern Prisoner Defense Committee (SPDC)
Where does EJI get money from?
Donations (EJI is a non-profit)
Vickie came from a poor family and had some family members already in jail, while Rhonda came from a wealthy, well-respected family.
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What did Walter do for work?
He had his own pulpwood business, which was also referred to as "tree work."
What did Bryan say was the first act of domestic terrorism in America?
Slavery and lynchings
What is the EJI committed to ending?
Mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and/or racial and economic injustice
Who was originally suspected of murdering Rhonda Morrison?
Ralph Myers
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At about what age did Walter stop going to school?
8 or 9
"By the time he was eight or nine, though, he became too valuable for "plowin,' plantin,' and pickin'" cotton to justify the remote advantages of continuing school" (21)
Who was the first man Bryan met on Death Row?
Henry
Why is the EJI housed in Montgomery, Alabama?
Alabama has the highest number of death row inmates, most of which are wrongful convictions.
When Alabama finally included removing all restrictions on interracial marriage on its statewide ballot, what percentage of the population voted to keep the restrictions?
41%
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