Just Mercy Chapters 4 and 5
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What was the name of the nonprofit organization that Bryan and Eva opened in Montgomery?
Equal Justice Initiative
(wrong answers:
Equal Opportunity Organization,
Justice for all Initiative)
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Who was the person that all of Bryan's clients wanted him to help?
Michael Lindsey
(wrong answers:
Walter McMillian,
David Bagwell)
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Why were the prisoners upset and wanted to get Lindsey a new lawyer?
He believed in the death penalty
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What was interesting about Lindsey's execution?
the jury had never decided he should be executed
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What was the name of the first client that Bryan witnessed electrocuted?
Herbert Richardson
(wrong answers:
Walter McMillian,
Minnie McMillian)
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What did the guards do to ensure a "clean" execution of Herbert Richardson?
shaved the hair off his body
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What did Herbert Richardson ask Bryan to do with him when Bryan walked into the chamber?
Pray
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What did people ask Herbert Richardson more in the last fourteen hours of his life than they had done in his entire life?
ask him what they could do to help him
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As Herbert walked to the electric chair what request did he ask of the guards?
play the hymn Old Rugged Cross
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What was Walter's wife's name?
Minnie McMillian
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How did Mr. McMillian and his wife feel about their daughter?
They were proud that she was in college
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What did they find under the fingernails of Rhonda?
a white man's skin
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What is the name of the white man that called Bryan in support of Walter?
Sam Crook
(wrong answers:
Michael Lindsey,
David Bagwell)
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What was the name of the man who said he had proof that Bill Hooks was lying?
Darnell Houston
(wrong answers:
Sam Crook,
David Bagwell)
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How did this person say they knew Bill Hooks was lying?
Because they had worked together all day that day
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What happened to Darnell after it was found out that he was going to testify against Bill Hooks?
he was arrested for perjury