By: Claire Larson © Copyrighted and Published on January 12, 2020 Monroe County, Alabama Sheriff Tom Tate. On Friday, the movie adaptation of the book, Just Mercy, was released nationwide. It chronicles the prosecution, wrongful conviction and imprisonment on death row of Walter McMillian for a murder he did not commit. Heroic measures had to be taken by attorney, Bryan Stevenson, to secure his eventual release. It is a true-to-life commentary on the voids in human decency o