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Judge rejects bid from Angola Three's Albert Woodfox after 40 years in solitary
Source: Associated Press
Judge rejects bid from Angola Three's Albert Woodfox after 40 years in solitary
Associated Press in St Francisville, Louisiana
Monday 21 September 2015 23.54 BST
A judge on Monday rejected defense efforts to exclude key witness testimony against the last remaining Angola Three member still behind bars and to throw out his indictment entirely in the 1972 killing of a prison guard.
Judge William Carmichael also ruled that the trial against Albert Woodfox could go forward in West Feliciana parish, rejecting defense claims that he could not get a fair trial in a place where Louisiana’s Angola prison is also located.
Woodfox is the last member of a group often referred to as the ‘Angola Three’ for their extended stays in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as well as other prisons. The decades-long case has gained international attention and highlighted the use of solitary confinement in American prisons.
Woodfox has consistently maintained his innocence in the death of prison guard Brent Miller. He is being held at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center awaiting his third trial.
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Associated Press in St Francisville, Louisiana
Monday 21 September 2015 23.54 BST
A judge on Monday rejected defense efforts to exclude key witness testimony against the last remaining Angola Three member still behind bars and to throw out his indictment entirely in the 1972 killing of a prison guard.
Judge William Carmichael also ruled that the trial against Albert Woodfox could go forward in West Feliciana parish, rejecting defense claims that he could not get a fair trial in a place where Louisiana’s Angola prison is also located.
Woodfox is the last member of a group often referred to as the ‘Angola Three’ for their extended stays in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as well as other prisons. The decades-long case has gained international attention and highlighted the use of solitary confinement in American prisons.
Woodfox has consistently maintained his innocence in the death of prison guard Brent Miller. He is being held at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center awaiting his third trial.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/21/lawyers-angola-three-inmate-albert-woodfox-louisiana-hearing