Watch the emotional moment an Alabama prisoner is released after 30 years on death row

Anthony Ray Hinton walked out of the Jefferson County Jail after thirty years on death row in Alabama. Hear what he has to say and watch the moment he is reunited with his family.

[@haroldrhinehart5993]

I just finished reading Anthony Ray Hinton Book . It was a very moving story and definitely is very convincing for the argument to end capital punishment. Ray you are one amazing man ! I pray that God blesses you.

[@tmicheletti100]

This man is inspirational on so many levels. Just read the book. It reads like a horror story.

[@stevespistons]

can you imagine being this guy. after all that time 30 years he can go to a good restraunt. go see a movie at theater. watch the news. be regular? Wow!

[@stevespistons]

***** ehh he can do whatever he wants. I was just commenting on something a lot of people take for granted.

[@richardwalker8463]

I cant since he did nothing. It ain't like someone catching a break but someone getting confirmation that for 30 years he was ring held against his will and he did nothing

[@michellestaunton2264]

It's not Gods fault when things like this happen ,it's mans mistakes Also it's still hard for a black man in America

[@jeffreycunningham7979]

Sanchezb

[@benjaminlewis2876]

Alright Baby . U better say it .

[@sharoncrowley304]

May Anthony Ray go on to lead a beautiful life full of love, happiness and sunshine - so sad that he went through so much. He’s seems such a kind and beautiful soul. ❤

[@garys8415]

🕊. All the best now and forever 🔥

[@donaldtaylorjr]

Saying Everybody who played a part in this will have to answer to God gave me chills. POWERFUL

[@danktankdragkings7117]

"The Sun Does Shine" is a phenomenal book. It personalized just how long he was in. I'm 28 going on 29. He spent as long as I've been breathing in a 5x7 box. 5x7. The size of a standard disability bathroom stall is 5x5. He lived in a room barely larger than a toilet stall. In my state (Kansas) to be considered a bedroom for foster children it must have two means of exit (usually a window and a door), storage space (be it a dresser or a closet), and a minimum of 55 sqft laterally. 5' x 7' is only 35sqft. He spent my life time in a box we can't even legally put an infant in. I doubt Ray, the EJI, Brian Stevens, or Lester will ever see this but I want you all to know your trauma was worth it. You made sure this 28 year old white and native woman in Wichita Kansas understands just how bad racism was when my momma was my age. Not that long ago really. You are teaching the joy and defiance of imagination to those men and now many many millions through your book. That, you learned on your own, but it's a skill I as a preschool teacher and foster care worker teach for a career and cause. Your 30 years destroyed your life but it's gonna save so many souls. God Bless you Ray. P. S. this is the latest update from his Wikipedia page (accessed June 10, 2023 at 1:51pm cst) On May 8 2023, he gave a commencement speech [20] and was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Emory University.

[@unwittinglycrucial3034]

What a great man. To be this composed after some entitled prosecutors and detectives robbed him of 30 years of his life....... This puts other troubles or problems in perspective. All the best to you. That state/county better start writing a check to you.

[@michellestaunton2264]

Thank you Jesus !

[@alfredduckett]

to be clear Mr. Hinton didn't say it was Gods fAULT. HE correctly said the dirty two bits that did this intentionally will have to answer.

[@bindardundat454]

Their were blacks on the jury that sent him to prison as well..........can't believe the faith this guy has ........ Hope he gets millions !

[@ehrinlloyd7696]

Bin Dardundat Yeah... Then he can get right back to robbing liquor stores and committing new burglaries. Just to keep active in his previous profession, you know. That should make you loony liberals happy. Because the failed phoney idealism of "we shall overcome" must always remain first and foremost. No matter how many innocent whites they kill.

[@SherriNicholas-zs5xv]

There were no Blacks on Mr. Hinton's jury.

[@gholcombe3820]

@@ehrinlloyd7696 You are a sad, small, pathetic person with an ugly, racist soul. May you someday open your eyes.

[@theronedawson3236]

You need to do your research. It was an all white jury The Judge was white and the prosecutor was white. And we're talking about Alabama. Please!

[@davidcjones3100]

I don't blame this man if he left Alabama and "never" return.

[@godSPARDA1995]

I cannot believe he has not gotten any compensation. I‘m happy he‘s a free man tho. Finally:)

[@davidcjones3100]

Those who destroyed this man, how do you sleep at night.

[@frederickgolden6694]

God bless this wonderful and innocent man, his persecutors from the wicked cop to the racist jury to the bigoted and racist judges, they all will pay for what they have done, each in their own malevolent way!

[@estrelladelnorte1308]

has anyone wonder , if god really exist, why shit like this happen?

[@ralphnortham1314]

Bitches like you who can't strive through the struggles just give up. That's were u go wrong. U fight and believe u will win and when u do, u know who brought u there.

[@erikhartog5340]

Impala Daily Evolution brought me here.