09-03-2019 13:34 via 10tv.com

Man wrongfully jailed for 46 years now supporting himself with art

Detroit — When you hear him talk, you'd think Detroit artist Richard Phillips is some kind of highly trained master. But at 72, he held his first exhibit.He is America's most unlikely art phenom."I'm just a young kid from the ghetto that's been through hell and high water and still here," Richard said.Richard was incarcerated before becoming celebrated. In 1971, he was arrested for murder -- a murder we now know he didn't commit. To pass the time and temper the injustice, he painted."It wa
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