Prison Quotes by Anthony Ray Hinton

Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.

— Anthony Ray Hinton

There was a time I thought I'd never see the sun again.

— Anthony Ray Hinton

In the South, people in power feel they don't have to answer to no one.

— Anthony Ray Hinton

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

I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.

— 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…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

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

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

When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.

— 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…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

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

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

When the very people that you been taught to believe in - the police, the D.A., these are the people that are supposed to…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

Death row prisoners face enormous challenges in finding lawyers who will assist them.

— Anthony Ray Hinton

Bitterness kills the soul.

— Anthony Ray Hinton