Author: Anthony Ray Hinton

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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.

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.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

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.

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.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.

I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

On September 22, 2002, my mama, Buhlar Hinton, died. When the guards told me, I gave up. She'd been deteriorating for a long time - I believe she died of a broken heart.

On September 22, 2002, my mama, Buhlar Hinton, died. When the guards told me, I gave up. She'd been deteriorating for a long time - I believe she died of a broken heart.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

I'm just trying to be a little tiny light in God's world.

I'm just trying to be a little tiny light in God's world.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

I witnessed other inmates' time run out, and I'd be lying if I said you don't ask yourself, 'Wow, is that going to happen to me?'

I witnessed other inmates' time run out, and I'd be lying if I said you don't ask yourself, 'Wow, is that going to happen to me?'

- Anthony Ray Hinton

Everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to God.

Everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to God.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

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.

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.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being.

Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being.

- Anthony Ray Hinton

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