He remained close to Stevenson until his passing in 2013. While 'Just Mercy' faithfully depicts the emotional and legal struggles of the case, some details were softened for cinematic purposes.

A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have ...

In 2014, he published the memoir “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” which describes how he came to be a lawyer who represents the poor, the wrongly convicted and people sentenced to ...