'They Couldn't Take My Soul': Anthony Ray Hinton on Exoneration After 30 Years on Death Row

Days after being exonerated and freed from an Alabama prison, Anthony Ray Hinton recounts how he got through nearly 30 years on death row as an innocent man.

Hinton was convicted of murdering two fast food managers in separate robberies in 1985, based on scant evidence that later turned out to be false. Hinton is said to be among the longest-serving death row prisoners ever to be freed after presenting evidence of innocence.

Hinton joins "Democracy Now!" along with his attorney Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiative, who says race, poverty, inadequate legal assistance, and prosecutorial indifference to innocence conspired to create a textbook example of injustice. "This is a very powerful demonstration of the critique of the American criminal justice system, which we contend treats you better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent," Stevenson said.