![]() ![]() Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. He spent his first three years on Death Row at Holman State Prison in agonizing silence ― full of despair and anger toward all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. Hinton was sentenced to death by electrocution. Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free.īut with no money and a different system of justice for a poor Black man in the South, Mr. ![]() Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Mr. In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. “An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.” ![]() Hinton’s new book, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row, has been praised by critics as a powerful and revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading. ![]()
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