Ominous ruling by Nebraska Supreme Court against Black Panther in COINTELPRO case puts new trial request in doubt

Nebraska newspapers, which have not reported on the COINTELPRO manipulation of the case against Poindexter, brandished headlines about Cop-Killer Poindexter Denied Parole following the language of the court decision.

Meanwhile, Ed Poindexter and Mondo we Langa remain imprisoned at the maximum security Nebraska State Penitentiary serving life sentences while three of Minard's killers, Duane Peak, the confessed bomber; Raleigh House, the supplier of the dynamite; and the unknown emergency line caller walk free.

Last week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, federal Magistrate Christine Nolan recommended that Black Panther Albert Woodfox, serving a life sentence at Angola State Prison, should be granted a new trial.  U.S. District Judge James Brady has yet to rule on Nolan's recommendation.  The new trial recommendation followed a state court denial of a new trial request last month for co-defendant Herman Wallace.  Wallace and Woodfox were held in solitary confinement for 36 years and only recently have been moved to regular maximum security cells.  The two men, leaders in a prison chapter of the Black Panthers, were convicted for the murder of a prison guard during a riot at the prison in 1972 on the testimony of another prisoner released in exchange for testimony against the Panthers.

In Nebraska, a decision on Poindexter's request for a new trial is expected later this year.

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