mr. hinton. had he had the resources to get the kind of legal help you needed, he never would have been convicted. the real problem was years later, when we developed the evidence that showed these bullets could not be matched to a single gun and that it wasn't mr. hinton gun, the state then refused for 16 years to even retest the evidence. for me, that was the most distressing part of this case. it was in difference. it was irresponsible. it was really unconscionable they chose to risk executing innocent person over risking the perception that they were somehow making a mistake or not ring tough on crime. and they fought us tooth and nail. i have to say, it was quite an unlikely and rare occurrence that we could get the united states supreme court to intervene when they did. had they not intervened, i think the risk of a wrongful execution would have been very, very high. there is been no accountability. the experts have not been held accountable. the prosecutors have not been held accountable.

mr. hinton actually pass ed a polygraph test when they first arrested him. passed it. he had an alibi.e was actually working in a warehouse when one of these crimes took place. >> reporter: tom dole was an alibi he was hinton's work supervisor back then. >> as far as i know he was sweeping the floor. >> reporter: sweeping floors 15 miles from the crime scene. >> he didn't do it. he was not gone long enough to do that if he was gone at all. >> reporter: hinton was sentenced to death. >> that shook my faith in the system. >> reporter: what was the bigger hurdle, class or race? >> no question class, poverty. because without the money to prove it -- i think had mr. hinton had the experts that we were ultimately bringing to this case he would not have been convicted. >> reporter: he was ordered to spend the remainder of his life in prison living in a 5x7 cell. >> pretty much in a fetal position because your feet hang over the bed. you have a bed that is mounted to the wall and a toilet and that's what i lived in for 30 years. >> reporter: men had taken his freedom, not his soul. >> they too

mr. hinton was originally convicted in 1986.resented new evidence showing the gun didn't match the bullets at the crime scene. but it took another 12 years for the u.s. supreme court to grant him a new trial. why did it take so long? >> well actually we presented that evidence to them in 2000. we went to the state prosecutor we went to the attorney we said look at this evidence it absolutely shows that this man did not commit this crime. what we invited them to do was simply retest it and let them come to their own conclusion. and they absolutely refused to do it. they were unwilling to acknowledge even the possibility of a mistake, and that meant that they kept fighting us. every state court we went to said denied. we went to court of criminal appeals, the alabama supreme court and it took that long to get to the u.s. supreme court, and it was only when that court intervened that we could actually get the case back to the trial court and still they would not do the testing, they would not concede that this man was wrongly convi

mr. hinton recover but there's got to be reform.ountry, we've now identified one innocent person who was on death row. mr. hinton was the 152nd person to be exonerated. and states aren't engaging in the kind of reform that you would expect when you have that rate of error so we're going to have to push them. i think that there are people who not only owe mr. hinton an apology, but owe the whole state an apology, including the victims, who were also denied justice by their persistence in pursuing charges against a man who was clearly innocent. >> can you talk a little bit about the families of the victims. the crime occurred back in 1985 they got the wrong guy for it. what has been their role all these years? >> well i think they were -- they wanted to believe that the right person had been convicted and they were being told that over and over again, even when the evidence emerged that that wasn't true. mr. hinton actually was locked in a warehouse when one of the crimes took place and it was clear he didn't commit that crime. but th

mr. hinton's case it's a tragic example of that. >> mr. hinton a final question. said your 20s were robbed from you and your 30s and your 40s and here you are, you are out and free. who do you want to be these remaining decades of your life and what's the one place you want to go? >> believe it or not, i want to go to yankee stadium and sit and eat me one of those expensive hot dogs that i seen on tv and root for the yankees. but the other part of course what i want to be i want to be a light for those that is in darkness. i want to be an example that you don't have to treat people worse or bad because they did something to you. i want to learn people to forgive and pray for them. i use the word candidly they used me as an example of bigotry, as an example i'm mighty i answer to no one. like i said you're going to answer to god and i guarantee you, you ain't going to like the result. my hand will be clean and when i leave this interview tonight, as i have since i got out, i will pray for those that are still living i will ask god to continue to bless them and when

mr. schmidt. >> good morning president james, commissioners, executive director hinton. the advisory council met on wednesday march 18 and at that meeting we shared some information we received from the white house conference on aging. again i'm going to ask the executive director henton to give a little more detail on that. >> sure. so the white house conference on aging is going to take place -- we believe there will be an event in washington and happens more and more it will be at white house and not a hotel or convention center so that's very i think wonderful and meaningful. it does mean as they have been saying all along though that there will be very few invitees that are able to attend. for those that have been to the white house these rooms are small so it's not a big event. there will not be delegates and talking to someone to chicago how that event will look, but today is the event in phoenix. there's been one in florida already and i think next week there will be an event -- these are the five regional events -- in oregon. >> yes. >> and then the other two ba

anthony ray hinton convict entered 2 killings at that >>mr. food: restaurant in birmingham.nt 30 years on death row for the crime. key evidence used at the trial the bullet found at the crime scene. modern ballistic technique paragraph the bullet weren't fired from the gun found at his home. wasn't even the same type of gun. here's what hint on said after release today. >> i want to say to the victim family i will continue to pray for you just as i have for 30 years. miscarriage of justice not only to me but to the victim family. >> one of the family said murderer was set free today. other had no comment. >> consumer news we heard about the nature mayor call to customers service stbing on hold accidentally disconnected before you ever get an answer. chief business correspondent rebecca on what to do fit happens to you. >> i didn't want to be transferred. did you not hear me. >> it's nightmare. that dreaded call to customer service. >> let me talk to your manager. >> even the irs chief admit thanksgiving week that most people who call the agency can't get through. >> this tru