"Treat Them Like the Heroes They Are": Fmr. Black Panthers Call for Release of Those Still Locked Up
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- Category: Justice
Some members of the Black Panther Party have been behind bars for more than four decades and are now suffering from poor health. In some cases, court documents show they were punished essentially for being in the black liberation struggle. Many continue to face parole board denials based on their relationship with the party. We discuss their cases with Sekou Odinga, a former Black Panther who was a political prisoner for 33 years and was released in November 2014; and with Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3, who recently met Judge James Brady of the Middle District of Louisiana, who issued an order saying that he should be immediately released and barred from being retried for the killing of Angola prison guard Brent Miller. Judge Brady later said, "I did what a judge is supposed to do."
Read more http://www.democracynow.org/2016/10/26/our_own_mandelas_former_black_panthers
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