When I went to prison, for three years I didn't say a word to another human being until, going into the fourth… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I spent 30 years on Alabama's death row for a crime I did not commit. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
In the South, people in power feel they don't have to answer to no one. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I shouldn't have sat on death row 30 years. All they had to do was test the gun. But when you think you are… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
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… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
America should be ashamed to say they have the best justice system in the world when, every day, race plays a part in who… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of 10 children - it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness. — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
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… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I want you to know there is a God. He sits high, but he looks low. He will destroy, but yet he will defend… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison.… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
