The sun does shine : how I found life and freedom on death row /
by Hinton, Anthony Ray; Hardin, Lara Love.
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BookPublisher: London : Rider Books, 2018Description: xii, 252 pages ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781846045721 (hbk.) :; 184604572X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 364.6609 HINSubject(s): Hinton, Anthony Ray -- Imprisonment | Death row inmates -- United States | Judicial error -- United States | Crime | CrimeSummary: Anthony Ray Hinton was poor and black when he was convicted of two murders he hadn't committed. For the next three decades he was trapped in solitary confinement in a tiny cell on death row, having to watch as - one by one - his fellow prisoners were taken past him to the execution room. Eventually his case was taken up by the award-winning lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, who managed to have him exonerated, though it took 15 years for this to happen. Since his release, other high-profile supporters have included Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg and Amal Clooney. How did Hinton cope with the mental and emotional torture of his situation, and emerge full of compassion and forgiveness?
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Anthony Ray Hinton was poor and black when he was convicted of two murders he hadn't committed. For the next three decades he was trapped in solitary confinement in a tiny cell on death row, having to watch as - one by one - his fellow prisoners were taken past him to the execution room. Eventually his case was taken up by the award-winning lawyer, Bryan Stevenson, who managed to have him exonerated, though it took 15 years for this to happen. Since his release, other high-profile supporters have included Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg and Amal Clooney. How did Hinton cope with the mental and emotional torture of his situation, and emerge full of compassion and forgiveness?
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