The New York Times – Film:
The play, about a man who spends decades on death row before being exonerated by DNA evidence, will have a 16-week run this spring.
Category: False Arrests, Convictions and Imprisonments
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John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’
The New York Times – Music:
His imprisonment for a minor marijuana offense became a cause célèbre. He was released after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about him at a protest rally.
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The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed ‘Try That in a Small Town’
The New York Times – Music:
Henry Choate, an 18-year-old Black man, was hanged outside the Maury County Courthouse in Tennessee in 1927 after he was falsely accused of attacking a white girl.
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The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration
The New York Times – T Magazine:
More and more art is challenging long-held assumptions about the criminal justice system.
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‘Free Chol Soo Lee’ Review: An Indictment of the Justice System
The New York Times – Film:
Activists helped free a Korean immigrant, and this documentary explores the wrongful conviction and its ripple effect.