Vik Muniz is creating a series of portraits of exonerees in support of the Innocence Project. Using ripped pieces of calendar pages, checks, magazines, and documents, Muniz recreated the likenesses of four exonerees with incredible stories of perseverance:
Termaine Hicks, who spent 19 years in prison after Philadelphia police shot him three times in the back while responding to a woman who had been attacked,
Rosa Jimenez, who was wrongly convicted and incarcerated in Texas after the accidental death of a child, unjustly punished for a crime that never occurred,
Felipe Rodriguez who spent more than 27 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the 1987 murder of Maureen McNeill Fernandez, and
Michelle Murphy who was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her infant son until DNA testing proved her innocence.
Vik Muniz is proud to be working with the Innocence Project and supporting their mission of justice reform and transformative legislation. All proceeds from the sales of the portraits will be fully reverted to benefit the Innocence Project and the exonerees.
The Innocence Project works to free the innocent,
prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable
systems of justice for everyone.
Since its inception, the Innocence Project has used DNA and other
scientific advancements to free or exonerate 250 people who,
collectively, have spent over 4,000 years wrongfully incarcerated. The
organization provides holistic re-entry support, working closely with
its clients to ensure they have safe and comfortable housing, access to
healthcare, and meaningful employment opportunities. Additionally, the
Innocence Project’s advocacy efforts have led to the passage of more
than 250 transformative state laws and federal reforms.
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innocence movement, click here.