American - Author | June 1, 1956 -
I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.
Anthony Ray Hinton
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Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.
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Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being.
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I often say that if I had one wish in this world, I would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. And I never went without clothes, I never went without food... I never went without anything that a child needs. But above all of that, she gave me unconditional love.
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My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama.
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When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.
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Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of 10 children - it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to the age of 29 without a noose around my neck.
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I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison. When you read, it opens up your mind; it helped us take our minds away from where we were.
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I was born with a mother who loved me unconditionally and with a sense of humor.
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I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.
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Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're going to be alive.
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I have no respect for the prosecutors, the judges. And I say that not with malice in my heart. I say it because they took 30 years from me.
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