Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Albert Woodfox garnered another victory in court this week in his quest to be freed after more than 40 years in solitary confinement. A U.S. Appeals Court on Feb. 3 denied the Louisiana AG's request for a full review of a decision by a three-judge panel, which rendered it in November, overturning Woodfox's conviction in the 1972 murder of a prison guard. Amnesty International has called for Woodfox's release. The New York Times, too, penned an editorial following recent court developments calling solitary confinement of Woodfox "barbaric beyond measure." Jasmine Heiss, with Amnesty USA, said Wednesday with another court decision in favor of Woodfox, she was "distressed to think that the authorities in Louisiana would take any more steps to keep (Woodfox) behind bars... It's time for the state of Louisiana to stop... ignoring the wisdom of the courts and standing in the way of justice." |
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