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A Long-Running Louisiana Case

By Steve Hall

James Ridgeway and Jean Casella write, "What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3?" for Mother Jones. Albert Woodfox has spent nearly all of the last 38 years in solitary confinement at the Louisiana State Penitientiary at Angola. His case has brought protests from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, who argue that Woodfox?s decades in lockdown constitute torture, and from a growing band of supporters, who believe that he was denied a fair trial. For more than ten years, he has been fighting for his release in the courts. But yesterday, a ruling by a federal appeals court ensured that for the forseeable future, Albert Woodfox will remain right where he has been for the last three decades: in a 6 x 9 cell in the heart of America?s largest and most notorious prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).