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Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failed to Kill My Soul Hardcover – January 16, 2018

by Anthony Graves (Author)
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Written by a wrongfully convicted man who spent 16 years in solitary confinement and 12 years on death row, a powerful memoir about fighting for—and winning—exoneration.

In the summer of 1992, a grandmother, a teenage girl, and four children under the age of ten were beaten and stabbed to death in Somerville, Texas. The perpetrator set the house on fire to cover his tracks, deepening the heinousness of the crime and rocking the tiny community to its core. Authorities were eager to make an arrest. Five days later, Anthony Graves was in custody.

Graves, then twenty-six years old and without an attorney, was certain that his innocence was obvious. He did not know the victims, he had no knowledge about the crime, and he had an airtight alibi with witnesses. There was also no physical evidence linking him to the scene. Yet Graves was indicted, convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and, over the course of twelve years on death row, given two execution dates. He was not freed for eighteen years, two months, four days.

Through years of suffering the whims of rogue prosecutors, vote-hungry district attorneys, and Texas State Rangers who played by their own rules, Graves was frequently exposed to the dire realities of being poor and black in the criminal justice system. He witnessed fellow inmates who became his friends and confidants be taken away, one by one, to their deaths. And he missed out on seeing his three young sons mature into men. Graves’s only solace was his infinite hope that the state would not execute him for a crime he did not commit.

To maintain his dignity and sanity, Graves made sure as many people as possible knew about his case. He wrote letters to whomever he thought would listen. Pen pals in countries all over the world became allies, and he attracted the attention of a savvy legal team that overcame setback after setback, chiseling away at the state’s faulty case against him. Everyone’s efforts eventually worked. After Graves’s exoneration, the original prosecutor on his case was disbarred.

Graves is one of a growing number of innocent people exonerated from death row. The moving account of his saga—of his ultimate fight for freedom from inside a prison cell—is as haunting as it is poignant, and as shameful to the legal system as it is inspiring to those on the losing end of it.
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“A well-written, matter-of-fact, inspirational account of how a man prevailed against a criminal justice system that is deeply flawed.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“[A] skilled and confident narrative. . . It’s [Graves’s] battle to overcome the hidden traumas and loss that makes this such a compelling page-turner.”
—Booklist

“Powerful . . . No matter your opinion on the merits of capital punishment, the horror Anthony Graves endured will move you to outrage. . . . It is a story you naturally think can’t happen to you. Pray you could maintain Graves’s extreme fortitude and presence of mind if it did.”
—Hill Harper, author of Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny

“Anthony Graves’s story is one of resilience in the face of injustice. For twelve years, Anthony was silenced and isolated [on death row]. Now he has found his freedom and his voice. Infinite Hope speaks powerfully of the need for reform. By telling his story, Anthony calls on all of us to prevent these injustices from being repeated.”
—US Senator Richard J. Durbin

“By now, everybody should know there are innocent people on death row. But never before has a book by one of those innocent men conveyed how easily this travesty can come about or the sheer terror these inmates face every hour of every day. Anthony Graves’s haunting memoir does exactly that. Infinite Hope will leave you aghast at the failure of our criminal justice system and in awe at Graves’s dignity and strength in the face of this failure.”
—David Dow, author of The Autobiography of an Execution

“Charged, convicted, and put on death row for a crime that he did not commit, Anthony Graves experienced all the brutality the criminal process could muster: fabricated evidence, corrupt prosecutors, callous police, indifferent courts. Even in the face of such unimaginable horrors, Graves refused to accept his fate or surrender his humanity. Infinite Hope is an indictment of American criminal law that will rattle you to the core and inspire you to action.”
—James Forman Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America

About the Author

Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of multiple homicides in 1992 and spent nearly two decades behind bars, including twelve years on Texas's death row. While still in prison, he cofounded Join Hands for Justice, a France-based activist group that led global efforts to prove his innocence. Graves's conviction and death sentence were overturned in 2006, and after four years of legal wrangling, he was fully exonerated and released in 2010. Since then, he has become a full-time advocate for criminal justice reform, testifying to the US Senate about the harms of solitary confinement, serving on the board of directors for the Houston Forensic Science Center, and working with the ACLU's Campaign for Smart Justice. Graves speaks widely and runs the Anthony Graves Foundation, which works to draw attention to problems within the American criminal justice system. He lives in Houston.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beacon Press (January 16, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807062529
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807062524
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of multiple homicides in 1992 and spent nearly two decades behind bars, including twelve years on Texas’s death row. While still in prison, he cofounded Join Hands for Justice, a France-based activist group that led global efforts to prove his innocence. Graves’s conviction and death sentence were overturned in 2006, and after four years of legal wrangling, he was fully exonerated and released in 2010. Since then, he has become a full-time advocate for criminal justice reform, testifying to the US Senate about the harms of solitary confinement, serving on the board of directors for the Houston Forensic Science Center, and working with the ACLU’s Campaign for Smart Justice. Graves speaks widely and runs the Anthony Graves Foundation, which works to draw attention to problems within the American criminal justice system. He lives in Houston.

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I meet this amazing guy as my guest at on my work.As he so friendly, we spoke about something and he mentioned his book, I ask him what was about and he kinda told me about it. I promise I will read it if he let me take a picture and he did.Here I am finishing up and telling you… how crazy the system is. But god…….GOD is good.I love you Anthony
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Favioladelgadillo
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023
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I meet this amazing guy as my guest at on my work.
As he so friendly, we spoke about something and he mentioned his book, I ask him what was about and he kinda told me about it. I promise I will read it if he let me take a picture and he did.

Here I am finishing up and telling you… how crazy the system is. But god…….GOD is good.

I love you Anthony
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Favioladelgadillo
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023
I meet this amazing guy as my guest at on my work.
As he so friendly, we spoke about something and he mentioned his book, I ask him what was about and he kinda told me about it. I promise I will read it if he let me take a picture and he did.

Here I am finishing up and telling you… how crazy the system is. But god…….GOD is good.

I love you Anthony
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's a story both infuriating and inspiring.
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2018
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Well written, clear, direct, and I finished it in two sessions, which has become more difficult for me as of late (internet, etc. you know). You get to know the man. He is truly a beautiful person and this is probably what saved his life and got so many people to fight for him. I was blown away at the end how he in person forgives the prosecutor who deliberately put an innocent man behind bars. I'm disgusted with the legal system and its unwillingness/inability to right a known wrong expeditiously. But the author is never distracted by such negative emotions, and stays positive and hopeful. Getting to know the author through this book is very inspiring.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This book should be a best seller. It is unfortunate that Mr
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
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This book should be a best seller. It is unfortunate that Mr. Grave was wrongly convicted. As you read his story, which is very well written and easy to read, you realize the enormity of injustice, and corruption in our judicial system. It's like you become that fly on the wall where you can see and hear everything. I learned so much of the normally untold story about the literal blind eye of justice, and its "make it fit" justifications. That Mr. Graves was able to rise above the hell he found himself in, and finally get to enjoy "freedom" was remarkable. And to those who worked against all odds to gain his freedom, thank you!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
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Honestly I'm not sure why I chose to read this book yet I thank God I did. I couldn't put it down to read what Mr. Graves endured yet he held on to his faith in God and his dear mother held him up. So many times I was in tears at the injustice of this world. This is definitely a must read book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars WHEN YOU BELIEVE - YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS"
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018
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A remarkable life story- of a man that survived a devastating ordeal. The title Infinite meaning limitless - to no end is what his faith in God and determination to one day be a free MAN. I applaud you Mr Graves, for your success in writing this story, your testimony, your faith stood strong when your body was not willing to do so. You have conquered the ultimate that is "FORGIVENESS".
May God continue to keep you strong.
Enjoy your family and loved ones.
God loves you,
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4.0 out of 5 stars Inside look at unjust justice
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2017
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This is a straightforward telling of how Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of murder and incarcerated in Texas for 18 years, the last years on death row. It's a chilling story -- prosecutorial zeal and misconduct ran roughshod over an innocent man who was convicted on the basis of lies told by a man Mr. Graves barely knew. "It was shocking to see how far the rules would bend toward the prosecution, and how accepted it was when it happened," he writes.

Mr. Graves's viewpoint is unique, especially his observations of life on death row. One by one, the men on death row who became Mr. Graves's friends were taken off to their deaths. The men's isolation from human contact drives some mad, some to violence and others to passivity. But the hopelessness of his situation contrasts with Mr. Graves's apparently bottomless well of hope and optimism.

My only caveat about this book is that I wish he would have painted himself in a more realistic light -- to hear him tell it, he was a good man with a good heart, a devoted father and a model inmate. Yet he's also a man who was once arrested on a drug charge, broke a man's nose in a fight, had three sons with three different women, didn't live with any of them, had another couple of girlfriends, didn't have a job when he was arrested, had no place to live and was couch-surfing. He paints himself as naive, but given his upbringing and surroundings, I'm sure he wasn't as straight-arrow as he tries to convince the reader. I could hardly believe in him as a real person, which made sympathizing with him more difficult than it should have been.

Still, this is a valuable memoir from a man who was, as he puts it, "kidnapped by the state of Texas." I hope his work through the Anthony Graves Foundation and the Houston Forensic Science Center trying to challenge and change the system from within bears fruit.
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Suzanne Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars A very compelling real life story
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2018
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I was able to attend a viewing of a documentary made about Anthony Graves so I purchased this book before I went to the viewing. It is a fast read and gets down to the details of the story quickly without a lot of fluff. This is a very compelling story and should be read by anyone who is concerned about injustices in our criminal judicial system.
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5.0 out of 5 stars but I had read an excerpt on the internet that had luckily convinced me to read it either way - and I’m very glad it did
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018
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Very interesting book that highlights the problems with in our justice system that still go on today. I genuinely thought that the title/cover seem a little cheesy, but I had read an excerpt on the internet that had luckily convinced me to read it either way - and I’m very glad it did! Such a quick read because I was so invested in the story. HIGHLY recommended!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jaw dropping.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2022
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I'm not a huge reader as I tend to read v slow, but I couldn't put this book down. I read it for 34 hrs straight before I realised I hadn't slept lol. Coming from Anthony himself, it's just wow. What an amazing individual, and to be able to hold to faith, and everything else considering such an unjust was done against him.
It also sadly goes to show you just how easy it is for someone to get wrongly convicted of a crime. Even today it still happens, n is soo wrong.
The best book I've read in a very long time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars the truth about wrongful justice
Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2018
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What an amazing story of the most tragic justice mistake and i suppose one of many made. Anthony's faith,determination, love and forgiveness are
to be an inspiration to us all.
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