Anthony Ray Hinton
Anthony Ray Hinton | |
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Hinton in 2019 | |
| Born | June 1, 1956 Alabama, U.S. |
| Occupations | Author Activist |
| Known for | Being wrongfully convicted of murder; criminal justice reform and anti-death penalty activism |
| Notable work | The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row |
| Criminal information | |
| Criminal status | Exonerated |
| Convictions | Capital murder (2 counts; overturned) |
| Criminal penalty | Death (overturned) |
| Spouse | Halimah Abdullah |
Anthony Ray Hinton (born June 1, 1956) is an American activist, writer, and author who was wrongly convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food restaurant managers in Birmingham, Alabama. Hinton was sentenced to death and held on the state's death row for 28 years before his 2015 release.
In 2014 the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously overturned his conviction on appeal, after which the state dropped all charges against him. The court was unable to affirm the forensic evidence of a gun, which was the only evidence in the first trial. After being released, Hinton wrote and published a memoir The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (2018). Hinton was portrayed by O'Shea Jackson Jr. in the 2019 film Just Mercy.