This professional story is an astute analysis of what makes a good lawyer and what makes a bad one. And there is the professional level: the story of the lawyers and the legal process. There is the personal level: the account of Anthony Hinton’s life, his trial and conviction and how he faced the prospect of death by electrocution over a period of thirty years, as those around him were executed one by one. ‘The Sun Does Shine’ works on two levels. The shortcomings in this process are as obvious as they are repellent: what makes extraordinary reading is how it took thirty years of tortuous appeal and shifting deadlines before the US Supreme Court presented the state of Alabama with no alternative but to drop the case and concede innocence. He was convicted on the basis of racial prejudice and professional incompetence. In 1986, Anthony Ray Hinton was sentenced to death for two murders and an attempted murder: crimes that he did not commit. It’s good to read about how lawyers can make a difference. “The Sun Does Shine” by Anthony Ray Hinton The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton: Book review by Benjamin Myers QC
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