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UN rights expert urges US to end ‘torture’ of prisoner
Calls on US to release last member of ‘Angola 3,’ says 40 years of solitary ‘clearly amounts to torture’
The United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture criticized the United States’ use of solitary confinement in prisons Monday.
“I Am Free. I Am Free.” Prisoner Herman Wallace Dies Just Days After Release
Herman Wallace, the “Angola 3” prisoner who was released from jail earlier this week after being held in solitary confinement for 41 years, died early Friday morning after a battle with liver cancer. Among his last words, according to those in attendance, were: “I am free. I am free.”
‘Angola Three’ inmate Herman Wallace, jailed for 41 years in solitary confinement, dies less than a week after his release
Herman Wallace, 71, was freed from prison Tuesday after a Louisiana judge granted him a new trial in the stabbing death of 23-year-old guard, Brent Miller. Wallace died Friday at a supporter’s home in New Orleans, surrounded by family and friends.
‘Angola 3’ member Herman Wallace dies three days after being freed from 41 years of solitary
A former prisoner who had been free for only three days after serving more than 40 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana died Friday after a bout with liver cancer.