In 1985, a ‘legal lynching’ led to Anthony Ray Hinton being wrongfully convicted of two murders and spending nearly 30 years on death row. He now dedicates his time to preventing others experiencing the same fateThe cloying stench of scorched flesh hung in the air as Anthony Ray Hinton was led to his cell on death row, barely 30 yards from the execution chamber. “Until then, arriving on death row had been the lowest point in my life. Nothing can prepare you for a loss like that.” On death row, Hinton watched 54 fellow inmates walk past his cell to their deaths in the electric chair, or by lethal injection. Hinton walked free on 3 April 2015 after spending half his life on death row.