Since its founding in , NCIP which is part of Santa Clara University School of Law has freed 18 people who collectively have spent more than years wrongfully imprisoned. The exhibit was commissioned as another way to enable people to understand how people survive the traumas of wrongful conviction and use art as a vehicle to help them grapple with injustice.
It can also be used as a way to help healing when they get out. This exhibit demonstrates the vitality, creativity and humanity of people who are wrongfully convicted.
There are pencil-drawing depictions of people with their heads hung down in despair, created by Francisco Carrillo, Jr. Gary Tomlin, who has lost all opportunities for appeal despite strong evidence that his conviction for raping another man was falsely obtained, contributed an oil painting of a sunflower.
On Thursday, April 27 at 6 p. The public is welcome to attend the exhibit and the April 27 reception, being held from to p. Those attending must RSVP at www. We challenge wrongful convictions on every front by exonerating the innocent, educating future attorneys, and reforming criminal justice policy. Artwork by Francisco Carrillo, Jr.
