Alan Black is a lawyer from EJI. After Santha Sonenberg gets a new job and stops representing Ray, Alan Black takes over. However, when Alan pursues a life in prison sentence for Ray rather than arguing Ray’s innocence, and after asking Ray for $10,000, Ray promptly fires Alan and asks Bryan Stevenson to represent him instead.
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Alan Black Character Timeline in The Sun Does Shine
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Chapter 13
A few months later, Ray’s new attorney, Alan Black, visits from Boston. They go over the case together, and Alan says that they...
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Chapter 14
Alan Black asks Judge Garrett for money for new ballistics experts to investigate Ray’s case, which...
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Chapter 16
Year pass: in 1994, Alan Black files an amended Rule 32 petition for Ray. In May of 1997, Henry learns...
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Soon after, Alan Black brings Ray good news: he thinks he can get the state to consider life...
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Chapter 17
After Ray fires Alan, he feels alone once again and fears getting an execution date without representation. Ray decides...
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...Bryan’s foundation—the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI). Bryan answers, and Ray informs Bryan that he fired Alan. Ray asks Bryan to read the letter he just sent, and Bryan agrees. A few...
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Bryan apologizes that Alan asked Ray for money, and he asks Ray to tell him his story. Ray explains...
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