What Happened To Anthony Ray Hinton's Murder?

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This event was an interview of Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who was on death row for 30 years for a crime he didn’t commit. The interview lasted 90 minutes where he was asked questions and in turn told his story. He first began by talking about life as a kid in Alabama during segregation. He described the separate schools, the drinking fountain policy, and overall how black weren’t a loud to do anything the white people did. However, he said segregation never bothered him as a child and that it was something one just got used to. He furthered the discussion and talked about the day he got arrested and how he was just mowing the grass when the cops showed up on his lawn and took him to jail. He talked about how in court he was never going to win …show more content…

Hinton talked about justice and how the court systems were screwed up beyond repair. One could tell in his voice the anger he had towards the people and the state of Alabama that had taken his life away. While he was talking about this one could tell he wanted to seek out vengeance on these people and that court system. He wanted his voice to be heard and through his voice he wanted the state of Alabama to feel terrible for what they had done. In the Eumenides, the furies wanted to kill Orestes as revenge for the act of killing. There are two ways one can see the eye for an eye theme in Hinton’s story. One way was through him wanting revenge from the state of Alabama. Secondly, the death penalty is literally court ordered revenge on someone who murdered someone else. However, all Hinton really wants is an apology from the state of Alabama. In a way Hinton gets vengeance and control over the situation from going and talking to people about what had happened. In the reading from Hirsch, she talks about how people feel a sense of justification after making a testimony in court. This is similar to Mr. Hinton because he also wants justification through his voice. All he wants is people to hear his story and to understand all the pain he went through. Also, he wants people to be inspired by his story and to in return fight to change the justice system. Overall, this was an amazing event and a tremendous story of a survivor who was wronged by the justice

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