Anthony Ray Hinton is a hero of mine.
He spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn’t commit.
His time in jail was spent in solitary confinement in a five-by-seven-foot cell, allowed out only one hour a day. But, Hinton quickly became a friend and counselor to other inmates and the death row guards, many of whom begged Hinton’s attorney to get him out.
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling ordered his release, and he was able to walk free. In an interview he is quoted saying: “One does not know the value of freedom until it is taken away, People run out of the rain. I run into the rain…I am so grateful for every drop. Just to feel it on my face.”
Hinton was later interviewed on 60 Minutes. The interviewer asked if he was angry at the people who put him in jail. He said he forgave them all.
The interviewer asked, “but they took 30 years of your life — how can you not be angry?”
Hinton responded: “If I’m angry and unforgiving, they will have taken the rest of my life.”
(https://therockwalltimes.com/2024/04/positive/finding-freedom-the-remarkable-story-of-anthony-ray-hinton/)
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