Bryan Stevenson

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1,245 appearances 5 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 3 Jul

Bryan Stevenson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I'd never been to death row.

I'd never been.

I had not been in a maximum prison.

I'd done some work at a low-level prison in the Boston area, but first time in any kind of secure maximum prison.

And I just started to feel completely unprepared.

And I parked my car and I went into the prison.

The guards were not very nice.

They sent me to the back in this visitation room.

And I was so anxious that I tried to rehearse exactly what I was going to say.

And then they brought this condemned man into the room.

And I remember being struck by how burdened with chains he was.

He had handcuffs on his wrist.

He had a chain around his waist.

He had shackles on his ankles.

It took them 10 minutes to unchain him.

And he walked over to me and I was so overwhelmed.

I just started to apologize.

I said, I'm so sorry.

I'm just a law student.

I don't know anything about the death penalty.

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