‘This can be a system that treats you higher for those who’re wealthy and responsible, versus for those who’re poor and harmless.’
Anthony Hinton spent 28 years on demise row in america after being falsely convicted of a double homicide within the state of Alabama in 1985. He was lastly launched in 2015 and is now a neighborhood educator on the Equal Justice Initiative.
Hinton’s case will not be an outlier; not less than 5 % of the jail inhabitants is wrongly convicted. Because of this about one in each 20 judgements places an harmless particular person behind bars – most of the time an individual of color.
On UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill is joined by advocate and writer Anthony Hinton for a take a look at the issues within the system that result in hundreds of wrongful convictions.