Anthony Ray Hinton

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	29.75
Year Crime:	1985
Year Convicted:	1985
Year Cleared:	2015
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Alabama
County or Region of Crime:	Jefferson
City of Crime:	Birmingham
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Anthony Ray Hinton was wrongly convicted in 19 of a double murder in Jefferson County, Alabama. Hinton was sentenced to death."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On April 2, 2015 the murder charges were dismissed by a Jefferson County judge, and he was released the next day after almost 30 years in custody."
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
Age When Released:	59
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Hinton v. Alabama, 571 U.S. ___, 134 S.Ct. 1081 (2014) (Granting habeas petition and ordering new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel.)"
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Information Source 2:	"Former Alabama Death Row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton to be freed after new testing on bullets, By Kent Faulk, al.com, April 2, 2015"
Information Location 2:	http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/04/former_alabama_death_row_inmat.html
Information Source 3:	"Anthony Ray Hinton free after nearly 30 years on Alabama Death Row, By Kent Faulk, al.com, April 3, 2015"
Information Location 3:	http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/anthony_ray_hinton_freed_after.html#incart_related_stories
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Anthony Ray Hinton

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

29.75

Year Crime:

1985

Year Convicted:

1985

Year Cleared:

2015

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Alabama

County or Region of Crime:

Jefferson

City of Crime:

Birmingham

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Anthony Ray Hinton was wrongly convicted in 19 of a double murder in Jefferson County, Alabama. Hinton was sentenced to death."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On April 2, 2015 the murder charges were dismissed by a Jefferson County judge, and he was released the next day after almost 30 years in custody."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

Age When Released:

59

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Hinton v. Alabama, 571 U.S. ___, 134 S.Ct. 1081 (2014) (Granting habeas petition and ordering new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel.)"

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Information Source 2:

"Former Alabama Death Row inmate Anthony Ray Hinton to be freed after new testing on bullets, By Kent Faulk, al.com, April 2, 2015"

Information Location 2:

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2015/04/former_alabama_death_row_inmat.html

Information Source 3:

"Anthony Ray Hinton free after nearly 30 years on Alabama Death Row, By Kent Faulk, al.com, April 3, 2015"

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http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/anthony_ray_hinton_freed_after.html#incart_related_stories

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