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 high and mighty and you're above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody, but… — 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
