A new article by the Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy, listing a number of innocence cases including the case of Kevin Cooper.
New article from the Cincinnati Enquirer:"Death row inmate Elwood Jones fights for a new trial"5/31/2019
Read a new article from Amber Hunt in the Cincinnati Enquirer, relating to the fatally flaws in the case of Elwood Jones. The initial investigation was inarguably sloppy.  Through the bars of his solitary confinement cell in a detention centre for political prisoners, a prisoner pushed a piece of paper into the hand of photographer Rune Eraker. There was just one sentence written on it: "Tell the world about us" This was in 2001. A decade and a half later, Rune Eraker embarked on a four year project in which he sought out forgotten prisoners and others who had had their freedom snatched away. He says: This exhibition is about them, Along famous people such as Edward Snowden and the Dalai Lama, the exhibition casts also light on unknown prisoners, such as prisoners on death row in the United States from the Save Innocents campaign, who have been fighting to obtain justice for decades. Those are Michael Lambrix in Florida (executed in October 2017), Charles Mamou and Tony Medina in Texas. So many more could be brought to light.  Some fight to prove their innocence, some have died already. All fight to preserve their dignity and determination, and need our help. If you ask me to chose between my state and my voice, The Nobel Peace Center calls on "everyone who visits this exhibition not to forget, but to see, talk about and protest against injustice" and leave the last words to Norwegian writer Arnulf Overland in his poem from 1937 ("You must not sleep"): "You must not sit tucked away at home and say: "So sad, poor them!", and turn your face away. You must not tolerate without a care Injustice that you never had to bear! I challenge you with all the breath I've left: How dare you walk on past and just forget!" The exhibition is open to the public from 14 September 2018 until 15 January 2019. It is subsequently due to be shown at Tromsø kunstforening and the Portuguese Center of Photography. A book has also been edited in support of the exhibition.  This exhibition will be shortly followed up by a new web show including the contributions of other prisoners in the USA. Please contact us for any further detail.
Injustice against people upsets me, Rune Eraker has worked on this project full-time for four years, and has taken photographs in a total of 18 countries, including the USA where he photographed death row prisoners Michael Lambrix, Tony Medina, and Charles Mamou. In the exhibition “Tell the world about us”, he shows us pictures we don’t want to see and tells the stories we would prefer to forget. The exhibition will be launched on 13 September 2018 at the Nobel peace Center in Oslo. It will be open to the public for 14 September 2018 until 15 January 2019. Find out more on the Nobel Peace Centre website  Michael Lambrix (Executed in Florida in October 2017) by Rune Eraker
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