The state of Alabama took 30 years of Anthony
Ray Hinton's life when they sent him to death row for two murders he did
not commit.
Now they won’t give him a dime.
Hinton’s application for redress was
unanimously approved by a state senate committee earlier this year and
an Alabama lawmaker introduced a bill that would have set aside $1.5
million for what the 61-year-old Hinton calls "30 years of hell."
But the state legislature never got around to
debating that bill before wrapping up its session in May, leaving Hinton
bitter and practically broke two years after his convictions were
tossed.
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