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.