Albert Woodfox, the last of the men known as the Angola 3, was released from a Louisiana prison on Friday. He had spent over four decades in solitary confinement at the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary known as “Angola.” His release, on his 69th birthday, comes after he pleaded no contest to charges of manslaughter and aggravated burglary in the 1972 death of a prison guard. Though his previous convictions of murder for the death were previously thrown out, the state had blocked his release. He had always maintained his innocence. Other members of the Angola 3, Robert King Wilkerson and Herman Wallace.
Pure happiness from Alfred Woodfox as he left the prison @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/J6vBHfRPCj
— Michael Vinsanau (@MVinsanau) February 19, 2016
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