Compensation for Hinton's wrongful conviction — Transcript

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1. 0:00James thanks now to a case that's
2. 0:01garnered national attention but started
3. 0:03right here in Alabama after Anthony ray
4. 0:05Hinton spent 30 years in prison for the
5. 0:08killing of two men in Birmingham but it
6. 0:10was later determined that there was no
7. 0:12evidence connecting him to that crime at
8. 0:13all now that he's freed we're asking the
9. 0:16question why hasn't Hinton received
10. 0:18compensation from the state of Alabama
11. 0:20for his wrongful conviction state
12. 0:22capitol reporter Rashad Hudson tonight
13. 0:24spoke with lawmakers on where they stand
14. 0:29Anthony ray Hinton was one of Alabama's
15. 0:31longest serving death row inmates he's
16. 0:34now a free man due to an overturned
17. 0:35conviction he's asking the state for
18. 0:38compensation but some lawmakers view
19. 0:40that as a tall order every day I think
20. 0:43about where I was for the last 30 years
21. 0:46Aaron URL alongside Bryan Stevenson with
22. 0:50the equal justice initiative helped to
23. 0:52get Hinton's conviction overturned they
24. 0:54sat at trial and have said consistently
25. 0:56since then that without that match
26. 0:58there's no evidence can I do mr. hands
27. 1:02in these crimes and after 30 years
28. 1:03Hinton is a free man I had prayed hope
29. 1:07that will come and the moment that he
30. 1:09did the day I walked out on the
31. 1:12Birmingham County Jail the Sun was
32. 1:14shining brighter than I ever seen this
33. 1:16on Shane
34. 1:18last year proposal to give Hinton 1.5
35. 1:20million dollars was met with mixed
36. 1:22reaction among lawmakers and the Alabama
37. 1:25Senate State Senator Claude chainless
38. 1:38says he believes the proposal stalled
39. 1:40because lawmakers didn't have enough
40. 1:42facts from both sides but Eurail is
41. 1:44hoping the state of Alabama will do the
42. 1:46right thing it's important for all of us
43. 1:49to know that we have a system that is
44. 1:52fair and is responsible when it makes
45. 1:55mistakes
46. 1:56and as for Hinton he says he's not
47. 1:58bitter you give the people that did this
48. 2:02on purpose you give them too much power
49. 2:05when you allow bill Enosh to follow you
50. 2:08senator Clark chainless says this is
51. 2:10something that the legislature could
52. 2:12take up neck
53. 2:13session in Montgomery Rashad Hudson CBS
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