darkersolstice:

unpretty:

when i saw the headline ‘golf digest helps free man from prison’ i thought it was gonna be, like

“he’s clearly in the background of this golf photo! that proves he wasn’t at the crime scene!!”

as opposed to, like

“this guy in prison sent us his cool golf fanart but we didn’t want to promo a serial killer, so we looked into his case and thought it looked pretty flimsy and probably racially motivated”

(here’s the first article from 2012 and the followup)

The guy in question (Valentino Dixon) had never even played golf, he was just inspired hearing about it to draw courses that would be cool.

From the first article linked above: The first course I ever drew was for warden
James Conway. He would often stop by my cell to ask how my appeal was
going and to see my drawings. Before he retired, the warden brought me a
photograph of the 12th hole at Augusta National and asked if I could
draw it for him.

I spent 15 hours on it.
The warden loved it, and it was gratifying to know my art would hang in
his house. Something about the grass and sky was rejuvenating. I’d been
getting bored with drawing animals and people and whatever I’d get out
of National Geographic. After 19 years in Attica (N.Y.) Correctional
Facility, the look of a golf hole spoke to me. It seemed peaceful. I
imagine playing it would be a lot like fishing.