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February 14, 2017

Fmr. Black Liberation Activist Zolo Azania Freed After 35 Years
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And a former black liberation activist who spent 35 years in prison-27
on death row-is free. Zolo Azania was convicted of killing a police
officer during a 1981 bank robbery in Indiana. At his trial, he was an
outspoken member of the Republic of New Afrika and maintained his
innocence. An all-white jury sentenced him to death, but the state
Supreme Court twice overturned his death sentence. He was later given a
74-year sentence, and was released early last week after earning credit
for good behavior.

Zolo Azania: "I got out of prison. I was released February the 6th,
which was a Monday. And my whole life changed! The whole world. The
Earth even smelled different. I want to thank everyone who supported me
over the years, everyone who has supported me and offered me their
assistance and their sympathies and condolences, and for the people that
I've lost and people who didn't make it. I've seen a lot of people get
executed."

Zolo Azania's supporters have set up a Go Fund Me page to help the
62-year-old "rebuild his life" as he looks for employment and continues
his activism.


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