![]() ![]() But as Hinton realized and accepted his fate, he resolved not only to survive, but find a way to live on Death Row. He spent his first three years on Death Row in despairing silence-angry and full of hatred for all those who had sent an innocent man to his death. Stunned, confused, and only 29 years old, Hinton knew that it was a case of mistaken identity and believed that the truth would prove his innocence and ultimately set him free.īut with a criminal justice system with the cards stacked against Black men, Hinton was sentenced to death. In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in Alabama. The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted for younger readers, with a revised foreword by Just Mercy author Bryan Stevenson. ![]() ![]() A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year ![]()
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