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>> thank you jesus. thank you lord. >> those hugs went on for more than two minutes. convicted of two murders in birmingham in 1985. hinton was freed after the judge granted to drop the charges. prosecutors finally acknowledged hinto hinton's gun did not match the bullets in the killing. think about the last time he was a free man. ronald reagan was president. "back to the future" led the box office and a stamp costed 22 cents. now brian stephenson from the equal justice initiative. gentlemen, it's a pleasure and privilege. welcome. ray, if you can hear me sir. you are since one week from bein...

All right. live tv. it happens. let's try this again. anthony ray hinton. the free man fresh off death row after 30 years for a crime he didn't commit and the man that helped free him. thanks for your patience. ray, let's try this again. you're a free man one week. how does it feel? >> well it feels wonderful. i have to pinch myself to tell myself i'm free but i'm having a problem once it turn dark. i haven't been outside in the dark in 30 years, so i be telling my friend it's time for us to get back in. he says you free it's okay. it going to take me little time. i'm getting use to it. i like...

Cnn has reached out multiple times to get a comment from the d.a.'s office jefferson county district attorney's office but so far, no response. my question to you being apparently all that had to be done to set ray free was test the gun. and this would have been over. it still took this ballistic test took 12 years to free this man you are sitting next to. tell me why. >> you know this case is a really powerful demonstration of the problem which is that we have a system that treats you better if you are rich and guilty than if you are poor and innocent. it is shameful. i have never had a case ...

Something you could have had in prison. >> i prefer it out here. it's cooked better. >> i bet it taste a little sweeter, i imagine. >> it is. i'm just so happy to be out. i'm so thankful to god for bringing me through it. i always said i'm thankful to mr. stephenson for sticking by me and working night and day, seven days a week to secure my freedom because i shouldn't have ever been on death row in the first place. >> mr. stephenson i have questions for you. ray, i have to stick with you. i have a lot of questions. big, little in between. staying with the notion of meals. i was reading an int...