DEATH
ROW INMATE MAKES RESTITUTION
Michael
is a talented artist whose beautifully colored drawings of landscapes,
flowers and birds are all the more remarkable considering that his past
fourteen years on death row have been spent in an environment of stress,
depression and despair.
Yet,
in spite of the debilitating effects of living on death row, Michael’s
religious faith has given him the needed strength to continue expressing
himself through his art.
Michael
Fullwood was convicted in 1985 of murdering the mother of his daughter,
Michelle Leanne Fullwood, when Michelle was just an infant. Michael
is acutely aware that because of his actions Michelle has grown up without
either a mother or father. Michael wants
to make restitution for his crime by providing his daughter with a college
education.
When
Michelle found out about the college fund, she communicated with her dad
for the first time in 14 years. Michael’s drawings have been made
into note cards. On the back of each note card is an inscription
about his story and the fund that has been established.
The images below were deleted by NBCi
in April 2001







Images of Michael's cards (above) deleted by NBCi
A
box of eight cards with envelopes costs $10.00
(in North Carolina, add $.60 for sales tax). Shipping and handling
cost an additional
$1.50 per box for sales in the U.S. and Canada and $3.00 per box to Europe.
The proceeds of all sales go to the
Michelle
L. Fullwood College Fund which
has been established at BB&T Bank in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.
Orders can be placed by calling toll free:
1 888-625-LOVE
or by emailing: Betsy@restitutioninc.org
Quote taken from one of Michael's letters written in 1996:
"
Do you agree that art has a way of connecting one to inner peace,
in solitude with God, depending only on His
guidance and watching the beauty of His gift unfold? This gift from
God has helped me to endure the pains, depression, stress, and anxiety
that accompany my
situation.
Art, in its many forms by the Author and Finisher—His healing art, His
loving art, His forgiving art, and, all around us, His creative art.
My situation challenges my abilities to get as
close
to understanding and recognizing the cries of others in their many forms…"
Michael Fullwood
The CCADP offers free webpages to over 500 Death Row Prisoners
Contact us for more information.
info@ccadp.org
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