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| Title | : | The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row |
| Author | : | Anthony Ray Hinton |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | March 27th 2018 by St. Martin's Press |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Audiobook. Crime. True Crime. Biography Memoir. Social Movements. Social Justice |
Anthony Ray Hinton
Hardcover | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 4.59 | 26324 Users | 4171 Reviews
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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.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. How did Hinton cope with the mental and emotional torture of his situation, and emerge full of compassion and forgiveness? This is a story of hope and the resilience of the human spirit.
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| Original Title: | The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row |
| ISBN: | 1250124719 (ISBN13: 9781250124715) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2018), NAACP Image Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2019) |
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Ratings: 4.59 From 26324 Users | 4171 ReviewsCriticism About Books The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Last year I read Bryan Stevenson's book Just Mercy. It was crushing to read about a justice system based on convictions and political gain at the expense of innocent men. It led me to read I Can't Breathe by Matt Taibbi about the death of Earl Garner and also to Michelle Ko's Reading with Patrick. Each book is a moving account of the stories behind the Black Lives Matter movement. So when I saw that one of the Death Row inmates represented by Stevenson had written his own book I had to read it.Oh My God....UNBELIEVABLE!!! Within seconds of beginning this story, we are SICK....sick with rage, over the most inhumane - infuriating injustice.ANTHONY RAY HILTON.....the youngest of 10 children of a single mom, SPENT 30 years on Alabamas death row for two murders he didnt commit....HE WAS INNOCENT...ANTHONY didnt kill ANYONE!! ....he was never in a fight. He wasnt violent. He prayed to God to forgive those who DID HIM WRONG. He didnt know anything about the murders when he was arrested. When
I am not sure where to put my feelings after finishing this book. I am appalled, angry, sad but also filled with admiration for this inncent man on death row for over thirty years, who managed to retain hope and love. Not that he never got angry, he did, but he still hung on, didn't give up. He had a best friend, Lester a childhood friend who never missed visits, a mother to whom he was her baby boy, always asking him when he would be coming home, and he had his faith in God. His first lawyer
Follow https://booknationbyjen.wordpress.com for all reviews and recommendations. The Sun Does Shine is a powerful and important memoir, showing a discouraging side of our legal system and an incredible testament of stamina and hope.In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted of murder in Alabama and sentenced to the electric chair. He was a 29 year old, poor, black man who had a job, a happy disposition and was a devoted son to his loving mother. The judicial system did not protect Hinton as it
Until we have a way of ensuring that innocent men are never executed. Until we account for the racism in our courts, in our prisons, and in our sentencing. The death penalty should be abolished. Anthony Ray Hinton is an amazing and Godly man. He's a much better person than I am. Anthony Ray Hinton spent nearly 30 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit. This innocent man could have been put to death, for the crime of being black & poor. His trial was a sham, his court appointed
I read Bryan Stevenson's book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, back in 2016 and that book has STUCK WITH ME. So there was no question that I would read this book, about one of the many innocent people Stevenson and his Equal Justice Initiative has fought hard to free after they have been wrongly convicted as guilty and sentenced to death. Thanks to Stevenson my viewpoint was forever changed about the death penalty, and this book further cemented it. This book is about a terrible
This book tells quite a story! Anthony Ray Hinton chronicles his experience spending nearly thirty years wrongfully convicted on Death Row. It's a shocking story of resilience and injustice, though never without hope. I am not sure how someone could get through something like that and seem like such a positive person, not allowing himself to be weighed down by (rightful) resentment or anger. I'm sure The Sun Does Shine will stay with me for some time to come. It's a break from what I usually
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