They took my 30s, my 40s, my 50s, but what they couldn't take was my joy. I couldn't do nothing about the years, but I could control my joy... I kept a smile on my face; I kept love in… — 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
