#malcolm alexander

Welcome Mr. Alexander home after 38 unjust years in prison 

An email from The Innocence Project:

On January 30, Malcolm Alexander became our longest serving client to be exonerated when a Jefferson Parish district judge dismissed the rape indictment against him and ordered his release. He spent nearly 38 years in Louisiana's Angola prison for the crime that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. “The stakes, in this case, couldn’t have been higher for Mr. Alexander who faced a mandatory sentence of life without parole, yet the attorney that he entrusted with his life did next to nothing to defend him,” said Vanessa Potkin, post-conviction litigation director at the Innocence Project, “It is simply unconscionable. 

Thinking About Our Former Neighbor, Visual Artist, and Friend, Malcolm Alexander — Image by kenne conversations lost conversationsfrom the pastlostin the imagesof memoriesamassedonly to returnon the backsof deathresurrectedby poetsserving onlyto introduceimagesof what waslike waterreturningfrom a fountain’sreservoironlyto be rebornagainand againand again — kenne  

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Sign-posts On The Way To What May Be

Visual Artist, Malcolm Alexander — Image by kenne

When we moved to Tanuri Ridge in Tucson in 2010, one of our neighbors on the circle was Malcolm Alexander, soon to become one of my most unforgettable people. He was our neighbor for three years before he moved back to Santa Fe, where he passed away at 89 in 2014.

“What’s the latest gossip?” was a frequent greeting from Malcolm as he set outside…

Court Sets Man Free After Spending 38 Years in Prison for False Rape Conviction

Court Sets Man Free After Spending 38 Years in Prison for False Rape Conviction

A Louisiana man Malcolm Alexander has been released from jail after serving 38 years for a false rape accusation.

The Innocence Project, a non-profit which secured the release of Alexander, shared his story, from his journey to prison in…

When we moved to Tucson three years ago, one of the first people we met and established a friendship was visual artist, Malcolm Alexander. Recently, for reasons of health, the 89 year-old Malcolm moved back to Santa Fe where he can be closer to family and…

At a temple in Bangkok you can purchase a living dove for less than you’d think,

but the idea is not to keep it, as pet or meal, but to free it,

as gesture, such pure joy in symbolism, you think, until you come to learn

the bird is trained and will return later to be paid for

and released again. The cynic in you says, enough of gestures, but this one

is more profound than you might think, for when it comes to freedom, the down payment is cheap and easy.