The Sun Does Shine (Audio book)

The sun does shine is a book about a poor black man in Alabama who is found guilty of 2 murders and is placed on death row for over 20 years. In the book the author shares the racism of the Alabama justice system as well as the need for money to accomplish anything in the justice system. When the author is first put on death row and his appeals are going poorly he shares how he lost faith in God and how he became so negative that he did not talk to anyone other than his family and friends on visiting days. However after 3 years he realized that everything was a choice and his choice to not talk to anyone and to be very negative was also negatively affecting him. Around this time he realized that he could use his imagination to escape death row and be wherever he wanted to be. While on death row he made friends with a man who he later learned was the son of a very high level man in the KKK. He also brought joy to the guards and other prisoners and eventually came up with the idea to start a book club in prison. This club eventually lost all of its members as they were killed by the state of Alabama and the same guards who brought him his breakfast. However the books stayed in the prison and prisoners had book club meetings in their cells shouting from cell to cell. The author's case was finally heard by the supreme court and they unanimously voted that he deserved a new trial. However before the case was tried again, the state of Alabama dropped the case and released him from prison after almost 30 years. However by the time he was released his mom had passed away and he was in his 50s with no money and no retirement savings. However he was able to forgive everyone who wrongly convicted him because otherwise they would still have him trapped if he had not forgiven them. The book was very interesting and seemed much more powerful when being read by the author instead of the voice inside of my head.