Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



The sun does shine : how I found life and freedom on death row  Cover Image Book Book

The sun does shine : how I found life and freedom on death row / Anthony Ray Hinton, with Lara Love Hardin ; and a foreword by Bryan Stevenson.

Hinton, Anthony Ray, (author.). Hardin, Lara Love, (author.). Stevenson, Bryan, (writer of foreword.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250124715 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xii, 255 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Capital offense -- All American -- A two-year test drive -- The cooler killer -- Premeditated guilt -- The whole truth -- Conviction, conviction, conviction -- Keep your mouth shut -- On appeal -- The death squad -- Waiting to die -- The Queen of England -- No monsters -- Love is a foreign language -- Go tell it on the mountain -- Shakedown -- God's best lawyer -- Testing the bullets -- Empty chairs -- Dissent -- They kill you on Thursdays -- Justice for all -- The sun does shine -- Bang on the bars -- Afterword : pray for them by name.
Subject: Hinton, Anthony Ray > Trials, litigation, etc.
Capital punishment > United States.
Compensation for judicial error > United States.
Death row inmates > United States.
Death row > Alabama > Bessemer.
Mistaken identity > United States.
Trials (Murder) > Alabama > Bessemer.

ANTHONY RAY HINTON spent nearly thirty years on death row for crimes he didn’t commit. Released in April 2015, Hinton now speaks widely on prison reform and the power of faith and forgiveness. He lives in Alabama.


Additional Resources