Bryan Stevenson

So he was surrounded by 30, 35 people.

A police officer who had gone to the place to buy, they were having a fish fry and selling sandwiches. So a police officer bought a sandwich and noted, bought a sandwich from Walter McMillan at almost the exact time of the crime, which was 11 miles away. But the police arrested Mr. McMillan. They coerced two people to testify falsely against him.

A police officer who had gone to the place to buy, they were having a fish fry and selling sandwiches. So a police officer bought a sandwich and noted, bought a sandwich from Walter McMillan at almost the exact time of the crime, which was 11 miles away. But the police arrested Mr. McMillan. They coerced two people to testify falsely against him.

A police officer who had gone to the place to buy, they were having a fish fry and selling sandwiches. So a police officer bought a sandwich and noted, bought a sandwich from Walter McMillan at almost the exact time of the crime, which was 11 miles away. But the police arrested Mr. McMillan. They coerced two people to testify falsely against him.

They put him on death row before the trial took place. Is that legal? It's completely illegal.

They put him on death row before the trial took place. Is that legal? It's completely illegal.

They put him on death row before the trial took place. Is that legal? It's completely illegal.

That's right. So the lawyers didn't complain about the fact that the newspapers were now saying Death Row defendant Walter McMillan will be arraigned next week. Death Row defendant, they were already characterizing him as someone who should get the death penalty. The trial takes place and lasts for a day and a half. These two witnesses give these false testimony.

That's right. So the lawyers didn't complain about the fact that the newspapers were now saying Death Row defendant Walter McMillan will be arraigned next week. Death Row defendant, they were already characterizing him as someone who should get the death penalty. The trial takes place and lasts for a day and a half. These two witnesses give these false testimony.

That's right. So the lawyers didn't complain about the fact that the newspapers were now saying Death Row defendant Walter McMillan will be arraigned next week. Death Row defendant, they were already characterizing him as someone who should get the death penalty. The trial takes place and lasts for a day and a half. These two witnesses give these false testimony.

Oddly, the jury comes back after convicting him and says, we think he should be sentenced to life without parole. I think they knew that there was no credible evidence against him and they didn't... Even though they convicted him. Even though they convicted him. And their compromise was to sentence him to life without parole. But Alabama...

Oddly, the jury comes back after convicting him and says, we think he should be sentenced to life without parole. I think they knew that there was no credible evidence against him and they didn't... Even though they convicted him. Even though they convicted him. And their compromise was to sentence him to life without parole. But Alabama...

Oddly, the jury comes back after convicting him and says, we think he should be sentenced to life without parole. I think they knew that there was no credible evidence against him and they didn't... Even though they convicted him. Even though they convicted him. And their compromise was to sentence him to life without parole. But Alabama...

allowed its trial judges, its elected trial judges, to override jury verdicts of life and impose the death penalty. So the judge immediately overrode that life sentence and imposed a death sentence. And so Mr. McMillan is sent back to death row, and I got involved after he had been sentenced and quickly learned about all of the problems with the case.

allowed its trial judges, its elected trial judges, to override jury verdicts of life and impose the death penalty. So the judge immediately overrode that life sentence and imposed a death sentence. And so Mr. McMillan is sent back to death row, and I got involved after he had been sentenced and quickly learned about all of the problems with the case.

allowed its trial judges, its elected trial judges, to override jury verdicts of life and impose the death penalty. So the judge immediately overrode that life sentence and imposed a death sentence. And so Mr. McMillan is sent back to death row, and I got involved after he had been sentenced and quickly learned about all of the problems with the case.

First of all, I went into the community, the people who were with him, and they came up to me and they'd say, Mr. Stevenson, we feel like we've been convicted too. We feel like we've been sentenced to death too. We were with him. It would have been better if he'd been out in the woods hunting by himself when this crime took place, because at least then you had to entertain the possibility.

First of all, I went into the community, the people who were with him, and they came up to me and they'd say, Mr. Stevenson, we feel like we've been convicted too. We feel like we've been sentenced to death too. We were with him. It would have been better if he'd been out in the woods hunting by himself when this crime took place, because at least then you had to entertain the possibility.

First of all, I went into the community, the people who were with him, and they came up to me and they'd say, Mr. Stevenson, we feel like we've been convicted too. We feel like we've been sentenced to death too. We were with him. It would have been better if he'd been out in the woods hunting by himself when this crime took place, because at least then you had to entertain the possibility.

But because we were with him... And we quickly uncovered evidence about the coercion for some bizarre reason when they coerced these two witnesses to testify falsely against him. They tape recorded those interviews and they hid the tapes. I found the tapes by going to another courthouse and doing some discovery.