Bryan Stevenson: 10 Yrs After Trayvon, Racial Hierarchy of Injustice Persists | Amanpour and Company

Attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of the bestseller "Just Mercy" and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, has helped to save 145 wrongly-convicted prisoners from execution. Of late, he's founded and runs Montgomery, Alabama's National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Stevenson joins Walter to reflect on the ten-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death and to explore the importance of confronting history and educating Americans on the legacy of slavery and racial violence in this country.

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