The courtroom drama is a classical genre that always offers a powerful blend of thrills, mystery, and emotional intrigue, as examining the way that the justice system works often leads to deeper ...

The movie is based on Bryan Stevenson's 2014 book Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

In 2019, producer Scott Budnick was meeting with Barack Obama in Washington after the former president screened an early cut of his legal drama Just Mercy, in which Jamie Foxx plays an Alabama man ...