Why this painter spent 45 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit
I went to Detroit, MI to meet Richard Phillips, who was exonerated after spending almost 5 decades in prison. To help the time go by, he would paint everyday in his cell. Now that he got his freedom back, he had no choice but to sell his paintings in order to make a living out in the real world.
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Richard Phillips was the longest-serving U.S. inmate to be exonerated
When I met him he was in debt. Less than ten days after this video was released, the state of Michigan awarded him $1.5 million for his wrongful incarceration
