Halim Flowers said his generation of jailed children were regarded as “super predators”. (Photo: AFP)
PARIS: Aged 16, Halim Flowers was arrested in the United States, tried as an adult then jailed for murder. Now aged 42, he is a prolific artist, poet and writer exhibiting in Paris.
The turnaround has been spectacular.
Flowers was only released in 2019 after a change in US law allowed for under-18s who had been tried as adults to be “re-sentenced”.
Then a year later, when Covid-19 pushed much of the world into lockdown, his wife — also an artist — suggested he should give painting a go.
“I just took the brush. I had no idea about colour, how mixing red and white made pink. She told me how to do that, how to…
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