A biography for Anthony Ray Hintonhasn’t been written yet.
“I have no respect for the prosecutors, the judges. And I say that not with malice in my heart. I say it because they took 30 years from me.”
“When you have a death row case, you have to make 100 percent sure you have the right person. But these DAs in the state of Alabama are racist.”
“Death row was the only place where I never witnessed racism. We all went to bed with a death sentence on our heads and woke up that way. We had to become each other's support system.”
“I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.”
“When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.”
“America should be ashamed to say they have the best justice system in the world when, every day, race plays a part in who goes to prison, who don't go to prison.”
“I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.”
“Being in a five-by-seven every day for 365 days a year is more than what the average man could stand. You weren't built to be in a cage that long.”