I recently came across these photos and spent ages trying to work out what they were about. Eventually I found the relevant information and was taken back by the harrowing story behind them.There are some pretty original and effective ideas here!
Photography by Frank Schott.
Joseph Paul Jernigan (January 31, 1954 – August 5, 1993) was a Texas murderer who was executed by lethal injection at 12:31 a.m.
In 1981, Jernigan was sentenced to death for stabbing and shooting 75-year-old Edward Hale, who discovered him stealing a microwave oven. Jernigan spent 12 years in prison before his final plea for clemency was denied. His cadaver was sectioned and photographed for the Visible Human Project at the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center.
No comments:
Post a Comment