The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton and Lara Love Hardin

"A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--

Inspirational, in the best sense of the word. The afterword is staggering and the entire book is a call to awareness and action about what's being done in our name.

This was a powerful story and might end up being my favorite book this year. Just an incredible story that left me teary eyed more than a few times.

Sad but hopeful first-person account of a man's experience living on death row for thirty years after being convicted for a crime that he could did not commit.

This book is as hopeful as it is heartwrenching, but it's also a testament to the incredible human ability to persist and endure for the truth. Also, Alabama courts have elevated systemic racism to an unspeakable horror that leaves me breathless. One in ten inmates on death row are statistically innocent, yet courts tried everything in their power not to hear appeals on what should've been a mistrial. People can serve their time, but the death penalty shouldn't exist. Full stop.