5/21/2023 0 Comments The sun does shine hintonWhen he tells the police that he didn’t commit the crime, the Lieutenant says, “You know, I don’t care whether you did or didn’t do it. In 1985, Alabama policemen arrest Ray for three linked robbery-murders at separate restaurants. While the criminal justice system claims to provide “equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion”-words etched into the Jefferson County courthouse-Ray illustrates how the criminal justice system actually discriminates heavily against those who are not wealthy or white.īecause Ray is Black, the predominately white Jefferson County police force and court system are biased against him from the moment of his arrest. One of Ray’s primary aims in the book is to expose discrimination within America’s criminal justice system: many of the people who are instrumental in Ray’s arrest and trial are openly biased against him because he is Black, and his poverty also severely limits his ability to hire a good lawyer who can prove his innocence. The Sun Does Shine, Anthony Ray Hinton’s memoir, covers his 30 years in prison-28 of which were on Alabama’s death row-for crimes he did not commit, before he was finally released from prison.
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