Anthony Ray Hinton, 58, was released in the morning from the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham. He hugged tearful family members as he walked out and was embraced by his sister, Darlene Gardner.
His sister sobbed as she hugged her brother: 'Thank you Lord, thank you Jesus.'
Mr Hinton statement after his freedom: Good morning. The sun do shine. Thirty years ago, the prosecution seemed deemed to take my life from me. They just didn't take me from my family and friends. They had every intention of executing me for something I didn't do.
But for all of you that's snapping the cameras, I want you to know there is a God. He sits high but He looks low. He will destroy but yet He will defend and He defends me. And I just want to thank Him.
I'm not ashamed to let you know that He sent me not just a lawyer, but the best lawyers. And I couldn't have made it without them.
And I want to say to the victims' family, I will continue to pray for you as I have for 30 years. A miscarriage of justice, not only to me, but the victims' family.
For all of us that say we believe in justice, this is the case to start showing. Because I shouldn't sit on death row for 30 years.
All they had to do was test the gun. But when you think you high and mighty and you above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody.
But I've got news for you. Everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to God
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