World-renowned civil rights lawyer Brian Stevenson is seeking release from the group. Director: Destroy author Cretton: The Destruction of Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham A true and compelling story, "Only Mercy" follows the young lawyer Brian Stevenson (Jordan) and his historic war for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Brian will probably do a great job. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend a wrongdoing upheld by Attorney General Eva Ansley (Larson.) One of the first and foremost cases is Walter McMillian (Fox), who was sentenced to death in 1987 for murder. An 18-year-old woman, despite evidence to prove her innocence, and the fact that the only evidence against her came from a criminal with intent to lie. In the following years, Brian got into the ingenuity of maneuver and politics, and unjustly found himself fighting with Walter and others like him, with bad manners - and a system against them.