What did Hinton say the men on death row were if they were not monsters?

Hinton did not know any monsters on death row. He only knew men and their names. Men who did not have mothers who loved them or anyone who had ever shown them a kindness that was close to love. Men who had been born broken or were broken by life. Men who had been abused as children and had their minds and their hearts warped by cruelty and violence and isolation long before they ever appeared before a judge and a jury.