![]() He then goes to a dealership and steals a car, knowing that having a car is the only way that he can travel to a higher-paying job. The only way he tolerates the dark, suffocating space is by imagining that he is traveling across the country while he works.įrustrated with the harsh conditions of the mine, Ray decides to quit. ![]() After high school, he works in the coal mines in Praco, Alabama, which he hates. ![]() He loves his mother more than anything and is very religious, going to church every Sunday. They are poor, but Ray has a happy childhood. His father sustains a head injury in the coal mines when Ray is young, so Ray’s mom, Buhlar, raises him and his nine siblings alone. Ray flashes back to his late teen years, providing some background on his life. After Ray makes an impassioned speech explaining that they are convicting the wrong person, Judge Garrett sentences him to death. ![]() His defense attorney, Sheldon Perhacs, put in little effort for his case, and Ray knows that the white judge, jury, and attorneys are all biased against him because he is Black. Ray is on trial for two murders, and even though all of the evidence points away from Ray, he is going to be convicted. Author Anthony Ray Hinton opens his memoir at his sentencing on December 15, 1986, at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Alabama. ![]()
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