Anthony Ray Hinton
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Anthony Ray Hinton is an American man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a wrongful murder conviction before being exonerated, becoming a prominent voice for criminal justice reform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anthony Ray Hinton canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Ray Hinton Context triple: [O’Shea Jackson Jr., playedCharacter, Anthony Ray Hinton]
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A.
Kalief Browder
Kalief Browder was a Bronx teenager whose years-long pretrial detention and abuse at Rikers Island, despite never being convicted of a crime, became a powerful symbol of injustices in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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B.
Daryl Renard Atkins
Daryl Renard Atkins is an American man whose capital murder case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Atkins v. Virginia, which barred the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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C.
Richard Eugene Glossip
Richard Eugene Glossip is an American death row inmate whose long-contested conviction and high-profile legal challenges have made him a central figure in debates over capital punishment and lethal injection in the United States.
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D.
Willie McGee
Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
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E.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Ray Hinton Target entity description: Anthony Ray Hinton is an American man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a wrongful murder conviction before being exonerated, becoming a prominent voice for criminal justice reform.
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A.
Kalief Browder
Kalief Browder was a Bronx teenager whose years-long pretrial detention and abuse at Rikers Island, despite never being convicted of a crime, became a powerful symbol of injustices in the U.S. criminal justice system.
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B.
Daryl Renard Atkins
Daryl Renard Atkins is an American man whose capital murder case led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Atkins v. Virginia, which barred the execution of individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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C.
Richard Eugene Glossip
Richard Eugene Glossip is an American death row inmate whose long-contested conviction and high-profile legal challenges have made him a central figure in debates over capital punishment and lethal injection in the United States.
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D.
Willie McGee
Willie McGee is a former Major League Baseball outfielder best known for his speed, defense, and clutch hitting with the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles and the 1985 NL MVP award.
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E.
Ordell Robbie
Ordell Robbie is a ruthless and manipulative gunrunner in Quentin Tarantino’s film "Jackie Brown," known for his charismatic yet menacing demeanor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal justice reform advocate
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human ⓘ wrongfully convicted person ⓘ |
| authorOf | The Sun Does Shine ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
PEN America award (for The Sun Does Shine)
ⓘ
linked to:
PEN America awards
|
| causeOfExoneration |
ballistics evidence found unreliable
ⓘ
prosecution’s case collapsed ⓘ |
| convictedOf | murder ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-06-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfExoneration | 2015-04-03 ⓘ |
| endTimeOfImprisonment | 2015 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| exoneratedBy |
Alabama court
ⓘ
linked to:
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
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| exoneratedWithAssistanceFrom | Equal Justice Initiative ⓘ |
| familyName | Hinton ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Anthony ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.anthonyrayhinton.com/ ⓘ |
| knownForQuote | “The sun does shine” ⓘ |
| legalRepresentative | Bryan Stevenson ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Alabama criminal justice system ⓘ |
| mainSubjectOf | The Sun Does Shine ⓘ |
| movement |
anti–death penalty movement
ⓘ
criminal justice reform movement ⓘ |
| name | Anthony Ray Hinton ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advocacy for criminal justice reform
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being wrongfully convicted of murder in Alabama ⓘ exoneration from death row ⓘ public speaking on wrongful convictions ⓘ spending nearly 30 years on Alabama death row ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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criminal justice reform advocate ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| onDeathRow | true ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Alabama ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Holman Correctional Facility ⓘ |
| residence | Alabama ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| speaksAbout |
death penalty
ⓘ
racial bias in the criminal justice system ⓘ solitary confinement ⓘ wrongful convictions ⓘ |
| startTimeOfImprisonment | 1985 ⓘ |
| timeOnDeathRow | about 30 years ⓘ |
| victimOf |
prolonged death row incarceration
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wrongful conviction ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anthony Ray Hinton Description of subject: Anthony Ray Hinton is an American man who spent nearly 30 years on Alabama’s death row for a wrongful murder conviction before being exonerated, becoming a prominent voice for criminal justice reform.
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