After 30 years on death row, the U.S. Supreme Court released him

The book discusses how systematic issues in the U.S. justice system, particularly under policies like the War on Drugs, disproportionately target Black communities.

Stevenson, who later becomes Hinton’s lawyer, founded EJI to fight against wrongful convictions and racial injustice in the legal system

Hinton’s story aligns with the rise of efforts across the U.S. to exonerate the wrongfully convicted using DNA and new forensic standards

EJI opened this memorial for Hinton.

Aft er hearing Hinton’s story he changed lots of perspectives on the outlook.

In the book, not listed by name the book is set against the major U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing capital punishment

Even though these laws were officially abolished before Hinton’s arrest, they deeply rooted racism in the southern justice system

This didn’t prevent the kind of systematic bias that led to Hinton’s conviction

Although it was not applicable to Hinton’s case, the emergence of DNA testing was key in many other wrongful convictions

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

Sparked by Rosa Parks’ rest, the boycott launched Martin Luther King Jr

Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C., where MLK gave him :I Have a Dream” speech

Hurricane Katrina known as the deadliest hurricanes