Death penalty

"Never give up hope, no matter how bad it gets." - Ryan Matthews







In 1999 Ryan was sentenced to death for a murder he had not committed. He was just 17 at the time of the crime. Amnesty members wrote appeals on his behalf and sent him greetings cards to boost his morale. After five years on death row in Louisiana, Ryan was granted a retrial. Four months later, he left court as a free man after his lawyers presented DNA evidence showing that another man had committed the murder.

"Just to know that the 'outside' world had not forgotten me and was continuing to work for my release was an immense source of encouragement during those dark days. I know that Amnesty International played a leading role in these efforts...I owe you my freedom."




Thich Quang Do, Buddhist monk from Viet Nam

Just a few ideas

Happy New Year even if the cuts are getting you down!

New Year, New task! You will have already been introduced to the idea of the big issue project. this project is aimed to encourage students to think beyond their comfort zones and consider the issues and events that other people may have to confront. Poverty, domestic abuse, racism, death penalty, war....etc
task one: choose a charity or organisation and design [if you are a designer] and create [if a fine artist] a response which raises awareness of the work the charity or organisation does.
task two: research and write up a big issue for a magazine or journal. this can be related to your charity etc or different. the research as well as the final article needs to go into that unit 5 folder.


Still from Persepolis