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Portraits of Inmates in the Death Row Population Sentenced as Juveniles
Eastern State Penitentiary
2002
Abstract
This installation was commissioned by Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and was on display from 2002 through 2005.
The piece centers on the theme of death row inmates that were sentenced as juveniles, an issue the supreme court in October of 2002 refused to review.{In March 2005, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for those who had committed their crimes at under 18 years of age was cruel and unusual punishment and hence barred by the Constitution.) The images were made by spraying a rust-proof clear coating through a stencil onto sandblasted steel panels. Areas not sprayed by the coating rusted, the stenciled areas retained the original color of the raw steel.
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Details
- Title
- Portraits of Inmates in the Death Row Population Sentenced as Juveniles
- Creators
- Nick A Cassway - Drexel University, Design
- Publisher
- Eastern State Penitentiary; Philadelphia, PA
- Resource Type
- Other creative work
- Academic Unit
- Design
- Identifiers
- 991020847214904721