April 2019 archive

Defying the Doubters: Anthony Ray Hinton and His Walk to Freedom

Four years after death row exoneration, Anthony Ray Hinton is a voice for change

By Chanda Temple

When Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of an Alabama lockup after spending nearly 30 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit, a guard told him: “You’ll be back.’’

But Hinton knew that comment, just like his conviction, was a lie.

Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin, left, and Anthony Ray Hinton

“I said, ‘There was no way because I wasn’t supposed to be there in the first place. I told him just to watch and see,’ ‘’ Hinton recalled.

Four years after Hinton’s release on April 3, 2015, there’s been a lot he’s done for that guard to see.

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