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June 9, 2015

Judge Orders Release of Albert Woodfox After More Than 40 Years in Solitary 
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A federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Lousiana prisoner
and former Black Panther Albert Woodfox, the longest-serving U.S.
prisoner in solitary confinement. Earlier this year a Lousiana grand
jury re-indicted Woodfox for the 1972 murder of a prison guard, a crime
for which he and his late, fellow Angola 3 member Herman Wallace
maintained they were framed for their political activism. Wallace died
on October 1, 2013 just three days after he was released from prison. On
Monday, Federal Judge James Brady not only called for Woodfox's release,
but also barred a retrial. Woodfox's two previous convictions in the
case were both overturned.

 

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