A man who spent nearly 30 years on death row freed
A man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama's death row was freed Friday after a decades-long fight to prove his innocence.
According to the Birmingham News, as he walked free, he declared: 'The sun do shine!'
Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, was released in the morning from the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham. He hugged tearful family members as he walked out and was embraced by his sister, Darlene Gardner.
His sister sobbed as she hugged her brother: 'Thank you Lord, thank you Jesus.'
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