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Coalition to Free Vernon Bateman

Coalition to Free Vernon Bateman

Exonerate an Innocent Man!

  • About
    • About Vernon
    • About the Coalition
  • Contact
    • Contact Vernon
    • Book Vernon to Speak
    • Commission an Artwork
  • Art
    • Vernon’s Versions
    • “Ammunition for Healing”
    • Vernon in Tokyo
    • First Solo Exhibit Glimpse
  • Events
  • Petition
  • Videos

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The State can’t Isolate the Imagination

Hampton InstituteMay 24, 2024October 26, 2025

Bateman’s story exemplifies the often unacknowledged resistance that flourishes behind prison bars, a creativity the state cannot repress.

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26 Years Too Long: Vernon’s Fight for Freedom

Indianapolis Liberation CenterFebruary 24, 2024March 1, 2026

The first in a series of short documentaries on the ongoing campaign to free Vernon T. Bateman.

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