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Just Mercy

Sunday, January 26, 2020
4-7pm
Cedar Lee Theatre 2163 Lee Road Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Just Mercy is the new film that tells the true story of Walter McMillian, who with the help of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson, appeals his murder conviction.  Walter McMillian was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a young white woman who worked as a clerk in a dry cleaning store in Monroeville, Alabama. Mr. McMillian was held on death row prior to being convicted and sentenced to death. His trial lasted only a day and a half. Three witnesses testified against Mr. McMillian and the jury ignored multiple alibi witnesses (who, like Mr. McMillian, were African-America) who testified that he was at a church fish fry at the time of the crime. The trial judge overrode the jury’s sentencing verdict for life and sentenced Mr. McMillian to death.

The Living Water Association (local district of the United Church of  Christ) and the East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church have arranged for a free screening of this ground-breaking film.