The Sun Does Shine

by

Anthony Ray Hinton

Judge Garrett Character Analysis

Judge Garrett is the judge during Ray’s trial in 1986 until the judge retires in 2003. While the judge doesn’t show as much explicit bias as Prosecutor McGregor and Lieutenant Acker, he willfully ignores much of the evidence that exonerates Ray and during the appeals process often wastes years of Ray’s life in delaying his rulings.

Judge Garrett Quotes in The Sun Does Shine

The The Sun Does Shine quotes below are all either spoken by Judge Garrett or refer to Judge Garrett. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Hell, as far as the police and the prosecutor and the judge and even my own defense attorney were concerned, I was born guilty. Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of ten children—it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to the age of twenty-nine without a noose around my neck. But justice is a funny thing, and in Alabama, justice isn’t blind. She knows the color of your skin, your education level, and how much money you have in the bank. I may not have had any money, but I had enough education to understand exactly how justice was working in this trial and exactly how it was going to turn out. The good old boys had traded in their white robes for black robes, but it was still a lynching.

Related Characters: Anthony Ray Hinton (speaker), Sheldon Perhacs, Prosecutor Bob McGregor, Judge Garrett
Page Number: 7
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Chapter 20 Quotes

Alabama’s death penalty is a lie. It is a perverse monument to inequality, to how some lives matter and others do not. It is a violent example of how we protect and value the rich and abandon and devalue the poor. It is a grim, disturbing shadow cast by the legacy of racial apartheid used to condemn the disfavored among us. It’s the symbol elected officials hold up to strengthen their tough-on-crime reputations while distracting us from the causes of violence. The death penalty is an enemy of grace, redemption and all who value life and recognize that each person is more than their worst act.

Related Characters: Bryan Stevenson (speaker), Anthony Ray Hinton, Judge Garrett
Page Number: 266
Explanation and Analysis:
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Judge Garrett Quotes in The Sun Does Shine

The The Sun Does Shine quotes below are all either spoken by Judge Garrett or refer to Judge Garrett. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Discrimination and the Criminal Justice System Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Hell, as far as the police and the prosecutor and the judge and even my own defense attorney were concerned, I was born guilty. Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of ten children—it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to the age of twenty-nine without a noose around my neck. But justice is a funny thing, and in Alabama, justice isn’t blind. She knows the color of your skin, your education level, and how much money you have in the bank. I may not have had any money, but I had enough education to understand exactly how justice was working in this trial and exactly how it was going to turn out. The good old boys had traded in their white robes for black robes, but it was still a lynching.

Related Characters: Anthony Ray Hinton (speaker), Sheldon Perhacs, Prosecutor Bob McGregor, Judge Garrett
Page Number: 7
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 20 Quotes

Alabama’s death penalty is a lie. It is a perverse monument to inequality, to how some lives matter and others do not. It is a violent example of how we protect and value the rich and abandon and devalue the poor. It is a grim, disturbing shadow cast by the legacy of racial apartheid used to condemn the disfavored among us. It’s the symbol elected officials hold up to strengthen their tough-on-crime reputations while distracting us from the causes of violence. The death penalty is an enemy of grace, redemption and all who value life and recognize that each person is more than their worst act.

Related Characters: Bryan Stevenson (speaker), Anthony Ray Hinton, Judge Garrett
Page Number: 266
Explanation and Analysis: