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Judge orders release of Woodfox
Published Dec 3, 2008 3:44 PM
Albert Woodfox may finally be released. One of the Angola 3, Woodfox has
spent most of his life—37 years—in the hellhole of Angola
Penitentiary in Louisiana. The prison authorities have been ordered to carry
out a Nov. 25 ruling by U.S. District Judge James Brady and release Woodfox on
bail. Two months earlier, Brady had overturned Woodfox’s conviction in
the 1972 killing of a prison guard. But the vengeful authorities refused to
release him and appealed the ruling. The judge says Woodfox has no conviction
for anything and can’t be held any longer.
—Deirdre Griswold
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