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| Texas AG declares death row art sales legal |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 02/07/2005 |
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James Vernon Allridge IV may have been guilty of capital murder, but there was nothing illegal about the drawings of flowers, animals and landscapes that he sold from death row, the Texas attorney general has ruled. Victims' rights advocates had argued that Allridge's Internet art sales to patrons such as actress Susan Sarandon and rocker Sting violated a state law against profiting from crimes. But Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott ruled two weeks ago that inmates are free to sell their artwork. Abbott did say it would be up to the courts to determine whether the value of art was unduly inflated because it was drawn by a person condemned to death. Allridge was executed last year for the 1985 killing of 21-year-old convenience store clerk Brian Clendennen during a robbery. |
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