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Just Mercy Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bryan Stevenson | The author and narrator of the book. He is a lawyer who tells his story of inmates he helps on death row |
| Walter McMillan | He is a business man who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Alabama for the murder of a white woman named Rhonda Morrison |
| Ralph Myers | Is a witness who wrongfully accused and lied about Walter McMillan committing the murder |
| Karen Kelly | The white women who had an affair with Walter McMIllan |
| Tom Chapman | He is the new district attorney for Monroe County. He initially opposes Bryan efforts to fee Walter and believes that he is guilty |
| Sheriff Tate | He is the new sheriff who initiated the arrest of Walter McMillan and pressured Ralph Myers to create false statements of Walter McMillan |
| Bill Hooks | He lied about seeing Walter McMillan's truck in order for Sheriff Tate to arrange an early release. |
| Darnell Houston | He's a witness who exposes the true evidence during Walter McMillan's case. His statement talks about the false claim that Bill Hooks |
| Clay Kast | He is a white mechanic who provides evidence on Walter McMillan's case. He proved that McMillan's car was not modified until months after the murder. |
| Woodrow Ikner | Police man who testified that he was pressured by prosecutors to lie about where he found the body during the McMIllan case. |
| Charlie | 14 year old child who killed his moms ex boyfriend who was abusive |
| Avery Jenkins | disabled man who was convicted of murder (kept asking for a milkshake) |
| Herbert Richardson | He is a Vietnam veteran who was discharged for psychiatric illness and was executed for being convicted of capital murder |
| Old man in the wheelchair | His name is Simon Benson. He is a veteran and had joined civil rights battles in Alabama. He tells Bryan to keep fighting as his scars on his head are a medal of honor |
| Walters Condition | Walter begins to have trauma about being on death row and later on gets diagnosed with dementia |
| idea of a stonecatcher | someone that helps protect individuals from being judged or commended by others |
| Memoir | literary genre in which an author writes about his or her memories during a specific time period in his or her life |
| Allusion | A reference to another work (text), person or event in a text |
| Smilie | Comparing two things using “like” or “as” |
| Metaphor | Compares two things like a simile but DOES NOT use “like or “as” |
| Personification | Giving human qualities to inanimate objects |
| Systemic Racism | a form of racism embedded in society through policies, laws, and institutional practices that produce and maintain racial inequity |
| Mass Incarceration | refers to the uniquely high rate of imprisonment, with nearly 1.8 million people held in various facilities |
| Implicit bias | automatic, involuntary attitudes or stereotypes that affect understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner |
| Capital Punishment or death penalty | the state-sanctioned execution of a person as punishment for a crime, typically murder or treason |
| Advocacy | Public support for or recognition of a particular cause or policy |
| Bigotry | Intolerant devotion to one’s own prejudices or opinions |
| Cumbersome | Hard to handle due to weight |
| Delineate | Describe or portray |
| Marginalized | Having little or no importance or power |
| Ominous | Having a menacing, alarming character aspect |
| Perpetuate | make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. |
| Sentimental | of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia. |
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