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Coalition to Free Vernon Bateman

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André Carson

“I am Vernon T. Bateman:” The Horror Behind the Beauty

Coalition to Free Vernon T. BatemanMarch 15, 2025April 27, 2025

Supporters read grievances and statements Vernon submitted to the IDOC during the last 5 years of incarceration.

The One Black Artist You Couldn’t Meet at the “Pearl Experience”

Dr. Derek R. FordFebruary 24, 2025May 29, 2025

While every other artist was inside, one was forced to stand outside the Gala in the rain.

Congressman Carson Calls for Clemency Review

André CarsonNovember 28, 2024May 20, 2025

André Carson calls Bateman’s “punitively strict” parole, calls out “miscarriages of justice”

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