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American clear after 43 years solitary confinement
A judge in the u.s. State of Louisiana has ordered the immediate release of a man who 43 years in solitary confinement. He's stuck for complicity in the death of a jailer. Twice a court decided that his case had to be redone, but that changed nothing to the punishment.
A judge in the u.s. State of Louisiana has ordered the immediate release of a man who 43 years in solitary confinement. He's stuck for complicity in the death of a jailer. Twice a court decided that his case had to be redone, but that changed nothing to the punishment.
The now 68-year-old Albert Woodfox early 1970s ended up in prison for armed robbery. There, he founded, with others, a Department of the Black Panthers: a militant movement that came up for equal treatment of black Americans. Also organized those actions to enforce better living conditions in prison.
Angola Three In 1972 Woodfox and two fellow prisoners were placed in isolation cells, because they would be involved in the death of a guard at a prison revolt. Woodfox has always denied his guilt. He says he and certainly one of his fellow prisoners were designated because they were politically active. Also the two m
Their case became internationally known as the Angola Three, because the prison is called the popularly Angola. Woodfoxs fellow sufferers were released in 2001 and 2013. One of them died a short time later, and the case again before a court could handle.
No fair trial the judge who has ordered the release of Woodfox, it denies the right to the man one more time to sue. He doubts that Woodfox in Louisiana can get a fair trial and also points out that there are no more witnesses are alive.
The public prosecutor in Lousiana is going to appeal against the decision of the Court "to ensure that this killer in prison remains and fully the consequences of his actions".
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