McMillian’s conviction was unconstitutional and a new investigation was ordered. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation determined that based on the evidence uncovered by EJI, McMillian was not guilty of the crime he had been convicted of and the charges against him were dropped.
McMillian walked away a free man six years later and was one of the first people to be exonerated from death row. The press and news coverage of his case led to the exoneration of many other people wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit.
McMillian has stated that his experience on death row was “traumatic” and that he has “suffered pain, agony, loss, and fear in degrees that I had never imagined possible.”
After being released, McMillian began educating students, community groups, elected officials and more about his experience with the death penalty before passing away.
Micheal B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, and many others give a harrowing performance in “Just Mercy” raking in over $10 million in its first weekend in theatres.
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