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Indymedia.org
Date:
20 Aug 2008
Youngest ever British person visits longest serving men in solitary at Angola Prison
An 11 year old from London has become the youngest ever British person
to visit two prisoners in Louisiana State Prison, who are the longest
serving inmates in solitary confinement. Herman Wallace and Albert
Woodfox have spent over 35 years held in 6ft x 9ft cells for crimes
even a federal judge has overturned.
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Truthout.org
Date:
15 Aug 2008
Some Prisoners Declared Innocent, but Not Free
After repeated reexaminations of his case and an intervention by US House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, who called Woodfox's continued incarceration a "tragic miscarriage of justice," evidence against Woodfox is practically nonexistent. Nevertheless, he remains embroiled in litigation, and until the prosecutors have had their fill, he will stay behind bars.
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Alternet.org
Date:
11 Aug 2008
StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up
With former prisoners and their families at the helm, the movement to
abolish supermax prisons and end solitary confinement is gaining
ground.
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The Guardian
Date:
05 Aug 2008
Solitary confinement for 35 years: justice, the American way?
Woodfox's conviction has been overturned, Wallace's recommended for such, yet they are still behind Angola's bars.
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Baton Rouge Advocate
Date:
01 Aug 2008
Angola death case hinges on '63 ruling
After Judge Brady overturned Woodfox’s conviction, one of the inmate’s
current attorneys, Nicholas J. Trenticosta, of New Orleans, said Noland
had concluded in her recommendation: “This guy is probably innocent.”
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