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100

The man who was wrongly sentenced to death for the murder of Ronda Morrison. 

Who is Walter McMillian?

100

The carrying out of a sentence of death unto a condemned person.

What is Execution?

100

What Bryan Stevenson does after being implored by Judge Robert E. Lee Key to not get involved with Walter McMillian's trial.

What is visit death row?

100

Walter McMillian's hometown and the birthplace of To Kill a Mockingbird.

What is Monroeville, Alabma?
100

A classic novel about racial segregation and prejudice in which a black man is falsely accused of raping a white woman.

What is To Kill a Mockingbird?

200

Younger white woman who has an affair with Walter McMillian.

Who is Karen Kelly?

200
Sentence to a particular punishment, especially death.

What is condemned? 

200

The shocking event that happened on November 1, 1986 in Monroeville, Alabama.

What is Ronda Morrison's murder?

200

The "poor, rural, racially segregated" state where Bryan Stevenson grew up.

What is Delaware?

200

The word and name of a chapter that a police officer yells at Bryan Stevenson after demanding he get out of his car where he was listening to music.

What is "Stand?"

300

Man who accuses Walter McMillian of Ronda Morrison's murder and later recants his statement. 

Who is Ralph Myers?
300

To imprison or confine.

What is incarcerate? 

300

The instance of racial profiling that Bryan Stevenson faces. 

What is listening to music in the car?

300
The city in which Bryan Stevenson and his friend lived, where he had to drive to Alabama from daily.

What is Atlanta, Georgia?

300

What a Black man in a wheelchair shows Bryan Stevenson after his talk at church. 

What are cuts and bruises?

400

Black man who corroborates Ralph Myers story in order to get a shorter sentence.

Who is Bill Hooks?
400

A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime. 

What is indictment? 
400

What Bryan Stevenson decides to do instead of talking to lawyers and the court.

What is speak at churches?

400

The prison in which both Ralph Myers and Walter McMillian are held on death row. 

What Holman?

400
The horrific means of the murder of Michael Donald, a Black teenager in Mobile, Alabama, of which McMillian was threatened with the same punishment.
What is lynching?
500

Stevenson's friend and colleague who helps him with the EJI.

Who is Eva Ansley?

500

Denoting or relating to a minor offense that enables authorities to detain a suspect for investigation of other matters.

What is pretextual?

500

The horror story that Walter McMillian hears for three weeks when first housed on death row.

What is the botched execution of John Evans?

500

The predominately white county where Walter McMillian's trial is held. 

What is Baldwin County?

500

A large wooden electric chair built in the 1930's and painted yellow by inmates. 

What is Yellow Mama?