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1. What alibi did Hinton have for the crimes for which he was convicted?

Hinton was convicted of murdering two restaurant managers even though he passed a polygraph examination administered by police that confirmed his innocence. In addition, when one of the restaurant managers was killed, Hinton was 15 miles away locked in a supermarket warehouse cleaning floors.

2. Why did Hinton refer to his trial and conviction as a lynching?

Hinton referred to his trial and conviction as a lynching. It might have been a legal lynching, but he believed it was a lynching all the same. Even though he was nowhere near the site of one of the murders and although the gun they claimed was used had not been used in 25 years, he was still convicted. He believed his only crime was being born Black in Alabama.

3. What charge was Hinton found guilty of, and what was his sentence?

Hinton was found guilty of the capital offense of murder by a white jury. He was sentenced to suffer death by electrocution at a future date to be set by the Alabama Supreme Court.

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