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What a story! What a friend in Lester, Ray have.

Im from the future, Mike Portnoy will be back on 2023

$50 million dollars per year in prison; would be the ONLY recompense he is entitled to, through suing the county, the state, the city, the individuals, the sheriff office. And even that does not end his daily nightly lifelong sufferings includung his #PTSD. All of those idiotic fooks know that he never committed a crime. I watched his Oprah interview. He was arrested because he's Black; because self-hating Caucasians randomly chose to falsely accuse and also illegally baselessly convict him. Which is farrr to often and common in America. #HumansAreTheScumOfTheEarth . 💯

Thank You Oprah for this today God Bless

Lester is the MAN!!!!

Bought this book. Couldn't have spent my money a better way. Praying for Mister Hinton. May the good Lord heal him and bless him forevermore.

Ballad of Anthony Ray O listen my friends to the tragic tale Of an innocent man dragged off to jail The story's not pretty but it's sure as true As the sun is hot and the sky is blue It'll make you faint, it'll make you cry How in the world the crooked did try To ruin the youth and and freedom of one Who wasn't the criminal and no crime he done Those slippery cops and detectives vile Without a second thought or honest trial Put Mr Hinton on death row in a cage It will quickly fill an honest soul with rage One day Ray Hinton was mowing his grass It was hot and he drank lemonade in a glass A revival meeting after dusk on that date Would not see Ray there, as came instead a twist of fate Two sleezy men showed up at his door He wondered whatever the reason for Mr Ray was a soul quite honest and kind But those rough guys cuffed his hands behind "What wrong is this for which you guys Don't hear with ears, nor see with eyes? I haven't done the double murders nearby You haven't captured the real guy" Ray begged the justice thugs to find out What the heck this was all about Double murder was the answer he heard But it happened far away; it was absurd. Ray was working that night of the crime He wasn't any where near at the time. Ray was on the job, his boss surely knew Those accusations were not at all true So in her drawer Ray's mom had a gun It was dusty and could not have been the one Still it was labeled as evidence to the court And so went the allegations as a horrid sport Well the rich can find representation with ease They hire the skilled lawyers as they please The poor are not given a solid voice You see then, they haven't got a choice The poor get help that is not worth a hoot They should be shown the door and given a boot The ballistics man was shoddy and blind With his one eye, Ray was further confined More time on death row Was a stupid and inhuman blow After 3 years of silence in his small space Inmate Hinton slowly gathered grace A great lawyer was to come to his side And this man dedicated to be Ray's guide Hallelujah was in his heart all along But with a guide Ray was singing an even more powerful song. Thirty long years is not a mere token Any other person might have broken Death row for those long years Was the only place for Ray's tears Sometimes the Bible was under his bed It's verses forgotten and not in his head Ray married pretty women, he won a tennis match His mind took him where no evil would catch But the final end of Mr Anthony Ray Was not to be in a prison, no way. He won his freedom to be in fresh air To see sun and feel rain as one's God given affair A devoted friend visited Ray on a regular basis Never missing a chance to exchange happy faces That was a blessing from above For rare is such steady friendship and love This ballad is sad to relate in a way And yet it has to be told, this story of Ray Why do we act as shameful aggressors Why do we think we are successors? We cannot inherit rights to others We are all sisters and brothers We cannot transgress with ill will That which the Lord desires to fulfill We are not to act as animals do When we know what is really true Let's relish with joy the works of the divine Let's let the light of all good people forever shine. With power, opulence, beauty and fame God invested His Holy Name

That’s a true friend frfr , he was so excited to see his friend aww

Everyday Ray left that crappy 5x7 cell... (mentally). That's just proof positive that our mind CAN be a friend, when we control it and use it for higher, more beautiful thinking. (Not stinking thinking.) There are yogis that live in very tight small caves voluntarily in the Himalayas for example that may meditate for great lengths of time on higher spiritual realms. They transcend the material bodily situation by mental strength of character and develop relationships just as Ray did. I know , I DO KNOW, that a yogi chooses this, and Ray was forced unwillingly. The point is even so-called free people can be in a mental hell by their mind, and a locked up person can be free mentally. This is where books or scriptural knowledge or a blessed mother like Ray's are the treasure house of salvation. Bhagavad-Gita the Song of God tells us that the mind can be the best friend or the worst enemy. I'm glad Ray got that reading club together.

Trauma is well documented... I pray that Ray will assimilate all the good that boosted his spirits and led to his release. Hare Kṛṣṇa. I pray that the time lost will eventually come to be felt less and less as his good life goes forward. I think the sharing is invaluable for everyone with a good heart, and if it ever becomes a burden for Ray, that he can feel confident enough to go on his own path of peace and harmony and be hugged by God Himself.

Thankyou Oprah for this programme. It is a great blessing and humbling to hear Ray’s moving story. May he live a peaceful and happy life and for many many to hear his story how he held on to the Lord. Jesus will tell him ‘well done thou true and faithful servant enter into the joy of your Lord’

Dear Pennsylvania Governor, We beg you, PLEASE correct this SEVERE sentencing disparity. Please grant lesser conviction with time served to Mike Swift. The victim's widow and children continue to support Mike Swift's Innocence of First-Degree Murder. And, the victim's family currently state he is long overdue for Freedom. Over 30 years later. Proof of guilt of First-Degree murder--BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT-- was never established. Please grant lesser degree with time served. We beg you. Mike did not take a life. Please allow Justice Over Pride. We beg. FB#ClemencyMike

First of all, thanks Ms. Oprah Winfrey for sharing this beautiful life-storing. We all have such powerful stories in life. I cried and then i just started listenimg. May God Bless...Mr Hinton🙏💪

I just finished the book.. brought me to tears... such pain! I am glad Mr. Hinton decided to give God another chance! I would love to meet you someday Mr Hinton.. God bless you!

Hero❤

I already brought that book. Read it in tears and prayed for Ray. I love your faith in Christ Jesus. Our God is not a God of loses I believe some how he will bless you many folds in ways that he only know. I feel like I know Holman prison in and out. And Lester oooooh what a friend. He has really challenged me and I feel so inadequate as a friend to my friends.

I don't know if he is married Or in a relationship but I pray God allow he to enjoy intimacy for the rest of his days. God is in control.

A person is never the same, after serving time in prison. America is not ready for these kinds of people.

Mr. Lester is the man of honor! 30 looooooong years... ...... Stickig to his friend! I salute u Sir!!!........

For him to have a sound mind! Is a miracle from the Lord!

Oprah, you are quite special for giving this man the platform to share his story. May GOD truly bless you for this! I could share a lot of things with you that most people would love to hear from you. I myself like mr. Ray have a mind that escaped to other places in life. I have lived such a life of neglect, abuse and Trauma until it makes you so smart to the things in life. I am so alert as to my surroundings emotionally as well as physically. When you get beat up in life emotionally and physically it makes you open up your heart, your eyes and your very soul to a lot of things. never to be the victim of the same situation twice. Oh my God it's the stuff I wish I could share with you. Just mind-blowing! Truly I wish to God I could share these things with you. You would thank me. I do not even need the recognition for these things. It is some things that would make this world in which we live such a better place to live. Truly. There's so much stuff I have in my mind and my heart I always said oh my God if I could just get to Oprah. The world listens to her. If I could tell her these things she could share them with the world and then we would have a better place to live in society. Oh my God please, if you ever want to talk to me contact me. I have some things to share that are life altering for the whole world. This Little town I came from in North Carolina has taught me so much. Living a hard life can make you or break you. You can make your mind up that you will not be a product of what you grew up in. Instead you will be a success story. Even without wearing a robe of a lawyer, doctor or judge

Such a gentle, graceful and kind soul. Great friend.

Dont end death row. Keep for people like Jeffrey dahmer. The men who drug james Bird. Charles Manson. BTK killer, Ted Bundy. When you know beyond a shadow of a doubt they are ruthless killers, the death penalty is needed. In a case like this, where there are questions as to guilt od innocence, no. Dont waste $60000.00 a year feeding, clothing, housing, educating, etc. a guilty man/woman instead of giving that$$ to a kid and quite possibly the child of a murder victim that $$ for college or otherwise.

Sweet home Alabama? fuck outta here.That is the land full of blood. The devil himself chooses the leaders in that state.How can this atrocities go unpunished?

Love makes you a better person, Hate makes you a bitter person.

I'm just seeing this in 2020. Very good. I wish they had the camera turned on it's side so ee could see them all and the view at the same time.

I hope I want to say God bless him Lester Lester for what he's been through I can't even imagine somebody being locked up for 30 years out of their life like that but this happens every day on death row innocent people are being locked up for nothing wrong. They didn't even do wrong and now God bless him is just God was holding him all the time and all I can take out of this is just got when we when God is with you who can be against you

"The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall." Ellen G. White

So 30 years and he was never close to being actually killed by the state. They just hung it over his head every day for 30 years. That is SICKENING. Alabama, you better pay up! This man has earned his millions!! This is just so so sad. My heart breaks for him. Death row is the WORST place to be in prison. It is solitary confinement day after day. One shower a week IF the guard feels like it. They also get the worst/leftover of the prison "food". I'm not proud to say I am from Alabama anymore.

I'm sure oprah will give him some money

Just returned from seeing the movie Just Mercy where Mr. Hinton was portrayed and I must say very heartwarming and sad all at the same time. My heart definitely goes out to him for all that he endured during his 30yrs on death row. Thank the Lord for keeping him during that dark time in his life. This terrible experience has given him purpose and God has used it for his glory. I pray in Jesus name that he will have success and that God will restore him completely for the remaining of his days. Although he was innocent from the beginning the Lord allowed him to go thru what he did for his purpose and plan. Just as Job didn't do anything either yet God allowed him to go thru. God bless u Mr Hinton. Your story truly has blessed millions.

Why ain't those police officers aint being charged

I cannot understand why a black mother in Alabama would teach her son to trust white authority. Seems that all southern Black people would know better. All Blacks, but especially southerners.

Unbelievable story but I know it's true it does not surprise me ,that the state of Alabama didn't compensate him or apologize. No amount of money in this world could bring back the 30 Precious Years this man lost.

Thank you, so much Oprah for supporting this astounding book I always wondered coming out of fear from when my sister was murdered would I ever be the same as I was before it happened...thank you Oprah for saying he will never be how he was before just build on

Lester is a great friend, wow 30 yrs he didn’t miss one weekend visit. Two great men it’s just a shame what happened.

@5:48 "There is NO RACISM ON DEATH ROW." Is that where we humans NEED TO BE to finally realize that we are all in this together. If we don't purposefully make a choice to love one another, then what????

This man's story shows how wicked and satanic this world is. The minds and hearts of demons who have sexual orgasms off the suffering and injust of another human being can never change.

Lets grill some meat!

Can’t wait JP 👍🎸

There’s a lot of hintons black and white still locked up

Where is lester?????????

The sun does shine and so will God

I'm in tears.

Thank you for your support of a good cause Oprah...!

really looking forward to it... last album was dreamtheaters saint anger... more meaningful messages, memorable melodies, and just epic sound. TAKE YOUR TIME DREAMTHEATER... you have a world record holder for a drummer now... let him do his shit... adapt to your member since you ditched the best drummer in the world... you caint tell me that your current drummer had major influence in your last album... let it rip for fuck sake... melt faces... do dreamtheater... dont make another soft limp dick concept album... do DreamTheater.

Cant wait to hear this

So freaking awesome! Like a dream

I wish DT would try and tackle the bible as one of their albums. From start to finish. Like open up with Genesis of course and sounds of angelic beings flying and harmonizing then the rebellion of the watchers as they violently took human women to mate with and creating giants just like the story goes. All the way to the flood. Etc etc....i bet if any band could actually pull this off and turn it into a record it would be DT. Js

How much do you think Petrucci can bench?