Wrongful Conviction Quotes

“Nine Negro boys in Alabama were on trial for their lives when I got back from Cuba and Haiti. The famous Scottsboro "rape" case was in full session. I visited those boys in the death house at Kilby Prison, and I wrote many poems about them. One of those poems was:

CHRIST IN ALABAMA

Christ is a Nigger,
Beaten and black--
O, bare your back.

Mary is His Mother--
Mammy of the South,
Silence your mouth.

God's His Father--
White Master above,
Grant us your love.

Most holy bastard
Of the bleeding mouth:
Nigger Christ
On the cross of the South.”
― Langston Hughes, Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings

“Locked up four years for something I didn’t do. But I got away with worse, so no I don’t have a grudge against you Peace Ministry types.”
― Vincent H. O'Neil, A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation

“A forced confession is no confession at all”
― Todd Stocker