Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”

22.3.13

Louisiana Attorney General Says Angola 3 “Have Never Been Held in Solitary Confinement”: The statement from Caldwell�follows on the heels of a ruling by a federal District Court judge in New Orleans, overturning Albert Woodfox’s�conviction for the third time–in this instance, on the grounds�that there had been�racial bias in the selection of grand jury forepersons in�Louisiana at the time of his indictment. Subsequently, Amnesty International, along with other activists, mounted a campaign urging the state of Louisiana not to appeal the federal court’s ruling. In the absence of an appeal, Woodfox would have to�be given�a new trial or released.
Caldwell’s statement–which was rather mysteriously sent out to an email list that included numerous prisoners’ rights advocates who have supported the Angola 3–begins: “Thank you for your interest in the ambush, savage attack and brutal murder of Officer Brent Miller at Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) on April 17, 1972. Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace committed this murder, stabbing and slicing Miller over 35 times.”