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I often say that if I had one wish in this world, I would wish that every child could have a mother the way my mother were. And I never went without clothes, I never went without food... I never went without anything that a child needs. But above all of that, she gave me unconditional love.

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I shouldn't have sat on death row 30 years. All they had to do was test the gun. But when you think you are high and mighty and you're above the law, you don't have to answer to nobody, but I've got news for you.

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A white man of authority don't ever want to admit to someone of colour they was wrong.

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My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama.

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The State of Alabama let me down tremendously.

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The state of Alabama can take my freedom, the state of Alabama can take my future, but the state of Alabama cannot take my joy.

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I spent 30 years on Alabama's death row for a crime I did not commit.

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When you have a death row case, you have to make 100 percent sure you have the right person. But these DAs in the state of Alabama are racist.

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Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're going to be alive.

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I have too much to live for to allow a bunch of cowards to take my joy. I refuse to give them my joy.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: June 1st, 1956

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