Hello welcome to changes. It's Annie McManus here. Great to have you with me. Today's

episode is unforgettable. It is one of the most powerful and

important stories we've ever had on changes it's a bit longer than our usual

episode but with good reason it's also I think the episode where I speak the least in the

entire series of changes. I just listened, gobsmacked as my guest told his story.

That guest is Anthony Ray Hinton. as my guest told his story.

That guest is Anthony Ray Hinton.

In 1985, Anthony was wrongfully convicted

of two murders in Alabama

and consequently spent nearly 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.

His story is one of racism and unimaginable injustice, but also of remarkable resilience and forgiveness.

It will grip you, enrage you, it will stay with you forever, it may even change your views on redemption and

capital punishment at large during his incarceration Anthony watched 54

inmates walk to their deaths on the electric chair he also heard stories of some horrendous crimes from his fellow

inmates. For sensitivity we've removed some of the more graphic details of

the crimes committed, however please be mindful that the content is at times upsetting.

The same death penalty that's sentenced Anthony in Alabama has been making headlines recently

due to an offender being put to death using pure nitrogen

gas, the first death row inmate ever to be executed using this method.

Whether the death penalty should exist is being increasingly debated.

According to the latest figures from Amnesty International in 2022,

55 countries had the death penalty, of which 23 had not used it for 10 years.

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