Black Panther’s conviction tossed
A federal judge in Baton Rouge overturned the conviction of a former Black Panther in the 1972 stabbing death of a state prison guard.
Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 30 years, is one of three former Panthers known as the “Angola Three.” He and two others at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola were convicted in the killing of guard Brent Miller in 1972.
U.S. District Judge James Brady approved a federal magistrate’s June recommendation that Woodfox’s conviction be overturned because his former lawyers had failed to challenge some testimony against him. Prosecutors could retry him.
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