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The Sun Does Shine By Anthony Ray Hinton

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When someone hears the words, justice system, some minds would automatically correlate to the televised views a of courtroom. Majority of shows surrounding police presentation, incorporate a logical ending like justice being rightfully served. Well, in real life cases, justice isn’t always served properly when it comes to capital punishment. The incredible book “The Sun does Shine '' is a autobiography by injustice survivor Anthony Ray Hinton. This story has an indepth look about how he was wrongfully convicted and how he overcame his wrongful conviction. In the forewords of The Sun does Shine, Hinton says “We learn things about our criminal justice system, about the legacy of the racial bias in America and the way it can blind us to just and …show more content…

In attempt to plead your case, nobody in the judicial or controling power believes you. This is what Anthony Ray Hinton went through. In his autobiography, The Sun Does Shine, Hinton states his personal experience with a cop, it states “You know, I don’t care whether you did or didn’t do it. In fact, I believe you didn’t do it. But it doesn’t matter… You want to know why?... Number one, you’re black. Number two a white man gonna say you shot him, number three, you’re gonna have a white district attorney. Number four, you’re gonna have a white judge, and number five, you’re going to have a all white jury… You know what that spells? Conviction, conviction, conviction, conviction, conviction.” [Hinton, 65]. While this excerpt is long, it shows the true colors of when someone, especially who holds certain governmental powers has no ambition to help prove someone is being treated unfair. In some of the later chapters, Hinton finally switches lawyers since he felt neglected by Perhacs, his original and state appointed lawyer. Hinton went through a polygraph test, also known as a lie detector test, and the test results were placed in his innocent favor. Even when Hinton was so truthful and crimes were still being committed, the law never focused on someone else [Hinton, 108]. The examiner of the polygraph would find Hinton innocent and tell the guards that he doesn’t have the slightest hint of the actual crimes. [Hinton,

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