June 8, 2015
"Albert
Woodfox, who's spent more than four decades in solitary confinement for
a crime he's long argued he didn't commit, might soon set foot outside
prison. U.S. District Judge James
J. Brady ruled Monday that Woodfox, 68, should be released from prison
and should not face a third trial due to "exceptional circumstances,"
including his age and poor health and the court's "lack of confidence in
the state to provide a fair third trial." Woodfox
is the last imprisoned member of the so-called "Angola 3," a group of
prisoners who were accused in the 1972 killing of guard Brent Miller at
the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Woodfox
-- who was originally imprisoned on an armed robbery conviction -- has
said he had tried to point out injustices at the prison and was targeted
and wrongfully accused because of his activism as a Black Panther.
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- BREAKING: Federal Judge Orders Release of Albert Woodfox, Held 40+ Years in Solitary Confinement, Democracy Now
- End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement, Amnesty International USA
- Online Petition, Amnesty International USA
