• Jan Banning
    May 4th 1954, Almelo

    Dutch photographer and artist. Banning was born in the Netherlands from Dutch-East-Indies parents. He studied social and economic history at the Radboud University Nijmegen, and has been working as a photographer since 1981. A central theme of Banning's practice is state power, having produced series about the long-term consequences of war and the world of government bureaucracy.

Blog John Adams Institute: The Verdict

THE VERDICT: THE CHRISTINA BOYER CASE
A five-part blog, John Adams Institute

Feb-March 2022.
State of Georgia Code 16-1-5: ‘Every person is presumed innocent until proved guilty. No person shall be convicted of a crime unless each element of such crime is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.’ ‘The Verdict: The Christina Boyer Case’ is a multi-layered case study of the U.S. criminal justice system and mass incarceration. In the book and the accompanying exhibition, photographer and artist Jan Banning delves into a three decades-old murder case in Georgia. On April 14, 1992, 22-year-old Christina Boyer was arrested on suspicion of killing her toddler daughter Amber and sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. Almost 30 years later, she is still incarcerated.

  1. Amber’s Death
  2. Cause of Death
  3. Plea Bargain
  4. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
  5. Loose Ends