Richard Phillips spent nearly 5 decades in prison for a murder he didn’t commit — now he’s free and is selling the hundreds of paintings he made while serving time.
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http://go.nowth.is/News_SubscribeWrongfully convicted man Richard Phillips survived decades in prison by painting.
Phillips: 'I didn't really have a whole lot to do so I said well. Now I can apply that time to drawing and doing things that I love. So that's where I spent most of my time when drawing was more personal. You know I was doing that for myself to actually pass the time away so that I actually wouldn't be able to think about my children my past life and those things that I was missing out on by being incarcerated for a crime that I hadn't done.'
Richard Phillips was 25 years old when he was charged for a murder he didn’t commit. He spent 45 years in prison where he turned to painting to pass the time. Phillips created over 400 pieces of art in prison since 1986.
In 1972, Phillips was working at Chrysler when he was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Lawyer: 'He had some friends from the neighborhood that he had grown up. One of those men was a man. named Fred Mitchell. And Fred Mitchell had a gripe with a man named Gregory Harris. And. He was upset because Gregory Harris had been stealing his mother's Social Security checks while he was in prison. So he had decided that when he was released he was going to take care of Gregory Harris. And ultimately he shot and killed Gregory Harris. And framed Richard Phillips for it. Pretty much put Richard Philips in this story along with another co-defendant named Richard Palombo and took himself out of it. And Richard Phillips and Richard Palombo went to prison for life.'
Phillips fought for a new trial throughout the years. 42 years later in 2014, The Michigan Innocence Clinic stepped in to get him a new trial. Only 66 people have been exonerated from Michigan since 1991. On December 14, 2017, Phillips was finally released on a personal bond making him the longest serving U.S. inmate to win exoneration.
In 2016, Michigan passed the Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act which grants a wrongfully convicted person $50,000 for every year they were behind bars. Making Phillips eligible to receive $2 Million which he hasn’t received yet.
Phillips is now forced to sell his artwork for $250 - $5000 in order to pay his debt with the social security office and to make a living.
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