American - Author | June 1, 1956 -
I went to Paris, I went to France, I went to England, I went to Ireland. In my mind, I can go wherever I wanted to go. I left death row every day.
Anthony Ray Hinton
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When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.
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It took me a little while to remember how to use a fork. You know, we don't use forks in the penitentiary. You get a spoon.
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I spent 30 years on Alabama's death row for a crime I did not commit.
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Death row prisoners face enormous challenges in finding lawyers who will assist them.
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I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.
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I never used a gun in my life.
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I don't believe that man was built to be put in a 5-by-7 for 30 years and have his sanity when he comes out if he doesn't find something to escape.
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I just didn't believe the God that I served would allow me to die for something I didn't do.
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You get to know everyone on death row. You become friends with them and their families. I met some great guys. Everyone regrets what they did.
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In the South, people in power feel they don't have to answer to no one.
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When you have a death row case, you have to make 100 percent sure you have the right person. But these DAs in the state of Alabama are racist.
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