The Sun Does Shine
How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
About the book
In 1985, at twenty-nine, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested in Alabama on two capital murder charges, a case of mistaken identity. Poor, Black and facing a justice system that treated him differently, he was sentenced to death in the electric chair. His memoir, written with Lara Love Hardin, describes three years of silent despair and anger at Holman State Prison, then his resolve to build a life on death row anyway. Over the following twenty-seven years, 54 fellow inmates were executed a few feet from his cell. With help from civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy, Hinton was freed in 2015, and Stevenson contributes the foreword.
Richard Branson praised Hinton as an example of the human spirit rising above injustice, and Desmond Tutu endorsed it, praising Hinton's capacity to forgive.
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Desmond Tutu (Theologian)
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for opposing a racist system in South Africa. Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years on death row because a racist system still exists in America. Both emerged from their incarceration with a profound capacity to forgive. They are stunning examples of how the most horrendous cruelty can lead to the most transcendent compassion. The Sun Does Shine is both a cautionary tale for all who think that a great nation can easily forget its past and inspiring proof of the inability to condemn a man's capacity for hope, love, and joy. An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.
Richard Branson (Founder/Virgin Group)
If there is ever a story that needs to be told, it is this one. Anthony Ray Hinton is extraordinary, an example to us all of the power of the human spirit to rise above complete injustice. He is using his experience as a way to turn the broken criminal justice system upside down. He is a brilliant storyteller, and his book will make people laugh, cry, and change their own lives for the better. It will also inspire people to never accept the unacceptable, like the death penalty. The Sun Does Shine will be a book that people all around the world will never forget.
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