Mel Robbins

18 years?

18 years?

You know, when I was a public defender, I would always get those questions. How can you defend people like have done bad things? And I would always say, because bad things have been done to them. And we don't want to look at that. We just want to look at the bad thing. And oftentimes the things that people have been accused of they actually didn't do.

You know, when I was a public defender, I would always get those questions. How can you defend people like have done bad things? And I would always say, because bad things have been done to them. And we don't want to look at that. We just want to look at the bad thing. And oftentimes the things that people have been accused of they actually didn't do.

You know, when I was a public defender, I would always get those questions. How can you defend people like have done bad things? And I would always say, because bad things have been done to them. And we don't want to look at that. We just want to look at the bad thing. And oftentimes the things that people have been accused of they actually didn't do.

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This feels like a good moment to take a quick pause and give our sponsors a chance to share a few words. And while they do, please share this conversation with people that you care about. I feel my heart expanding. I feel my mind opening up. I feel inspired and empowered and hopeful. And I know anybody that you share this with is going to feel that exact same thing.

This feels like a good moment to take a quick pause and give our sponsors a chance to share a few words. And while they do, please share this conversation with people that you care about. I feel my heart expanding. I feel my mind opening up. I feel inspired and empowered and hopeful. And I know anybody that you share this with is going to feel that exact same thing.

And don't go anywhere because Bryan Stevenson and I are going to be waiting for you after this short break. So stay with us. Welcome back. It is such an honor to be here together with you and to get to spend time with the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. So, Bryan, throughout the incredible book, Just Mercy, you talk about this landmark case.

And don't go anywhere because Bryan Stevenson and I are going to be waiting for you after this short break. So stay with us. Welcome back. It is such an honor to be here together with you and to get to spend time with the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. So, Bryan, throughout the incredible book, Just Mercy, you talk about this landmark case.

And don't go anywhere because Bryan Stevenson and I are going to be waiting for you after this short break. So stay with us. Welcome back. It is such an honor to be here together with you and to get to spend time with the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. So, Bryan, throughout the incredible book, Just Mercy, you talk about this landmark case.

Where for years and years and years, you saw hope and possibility where no one else did. You believed in a person who had been not just condemned, but set up, railroaded every... The case is so shocking. And there's a level of arrogance and gaslighting that we do to ourselves. You know, as I was reading this and I'm thinking, this happened in 1988? Yeah. That's not a long time ago.

Where for years and years and years, you saw hope and possibility where no one else did. You believed in a person who had been not just condemned, but set up, railroaded every... The case is so shocking. And there's a level of arrogance and gaslighting that we do to ourselves. You know, as I was reading this and I'm thinking, this happened in 1988? Yeah. That's not a long time ago.

Where for years and years and years, you saw hope and possibility where no one else did. You believed in a person who had been not just condemned, but set up, railroaded every... The case is so shocking. And there's a level of arrogance and gaslighting that we do to ourselves. You know, as I was reading this and I'm thinking, this happened in 1988? Yeah. That's not a long time ago.

This was happening when I was in college. It's probably still happening today. For the person who hasn't either seen the movie Just Mercy or read your book, can you tell us a little bit about this case?

This was happening when I was in college. It's probably still happening today. For the person who hasn't either seen the movie Just Mercy or read your book, can you tell us a little bit about this case?

This was happening when I was in college. It's probably still happening today. For the person who hasn't either seen the movie Just Mercy or read your book, can you tell us a little bit about this case?

So just to make sure as you're listening, there were 35 alibis. Yes. And in presence at his house during the time of the murder, those alibis also included ministers, pastors, teachers.

So just to make sure as you're listening, there were 35 alibis. Yes. And in presence at his house during the time of the murder, those alibis also included ministers, pastors, teachers.

So just to make sure as you're listening, there were 35 alibis. Yes. And in presence at his house during the time of the murder, those alibis also included ministers, pastors, teachers.