For most of us, we would never imagine ending up in prison on a false conviction. That’s the absolute horror that Anthony Ray Hinton faced when he was convicted in 1985 for the deaths of two Birmingham-area fast food managers, and sentenced to death.<\/p>\n
Hinton, now 61, was freed in April 2015 after spending nearly three decades on death row at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sun does shine,\u201d he said as he exited the prison, with family and friends engulfing him in hugs.<\/p>\n
During those years, Hinton suffered through the darkness of defeat after defeat as courts refused to accept his argument of innocence. Guards marched 54 men past his cell to their deaths in the execution chamber 30 feet away and, most devastatingly, when his beloved mother, Buhlar Hinton, died.<\/p>\n
Now, Hinton shares his story in his new book, \u201cThe Sun Does Shine.\u201d Relying on his death row experiences and thousands of pages of court transcripts and documents, Hinton writes a first-person account with help from author Lara Love Hardin of the case that handed him a death sentence.<\/p>\n