The Sun Does Shine

I listened to the audiobook about Anthony Ray Hinton called The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life And Freedom On Death Roy. Anthony didn't read the book, some else did. But he co-wrote the book with Lara Love Harden. This is an incredibly sad true story about a poor black man (age 29) charged and found guilty of murders he did not commit. The police made false evidence against him and lied on the stand. Anthony was no angel. He did steal a car for two years but he fessed up to that and paid the price. He was living with his momma in Alabama. He was out back mowing the lawn when he arrested. From there he spent 30 years on death row at Holman State Prison. His friend Lester would bring his momma and Lester's momma to visit him once a week. When they used the big yellow chair (electrocution chair) the smell of burning flesh filled the air on death row for days. He was there to witness that smell 54 times in 30 years. Anthony was released in 2015. His mother died in 2002 so she never knew he got out. Personally I am against the death sentence. Mistakes can be made in our legal system and I don't think anyone deserves to die.