5. When did Stevenson and Eva Ansley discover an opportunity to get federal funding to create a legal center to represent people on death row in Alabama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Steve Bright?

2. In Chapter 3, what happened to a young African American man named Michael Donald?

3. What were the laws about condemning children to death row?

4. Why did Stevenson live with Steve Bright when he first worked in Atlanta?

5. What murder shocked Monroevill in 1986?

6. What obstacles did Stevenson face when he opened the nonprofit law center in Tuscaloosa in Chapter 4?

7. As Stevenson spent time with McMillian, what did he learn about the man?

8. What did Stevenson study in college, and why did he decide to attend law school?

9. What was Myers's version of the murder of Ronda Morrison?

10. What happened to Charlie after Stevenson got involved?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like his clients, Stevenson experienced racism. What was the incident Stevenson related where he experienced racism from the police? How did the experiences of racism that he had influence his desire to find justice for clients who had experienced racism?

Essay Topic 2

In the introduction, Stevenson discusses individual character. How does Stevenson define character and what it means for individuals? What does he believe affects one’s character? How does he feel that character can be measured?

Essay Topic 3

Stevenson began to realize that everyone is broken. In what ways did Stevenson see brokenness in people? How did Stevenson believe that brokenness could lead to hope, mercy, and compassion for one’s self and for others?

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