Sheep magazine Archive 2: issues 10-17

The order also barred a third trial from taking place, shockingly four days
later, a federal appeals court overturned Brady’s decision and ordered
that Woodfox would remain in prison until the matter was resolved.
Albert Woodfox was eventually released on 19 February 2016, after the
prosecution agreed to drop the push for a retrial and accept his plea of no
contest to lesser charges of burglary and manslaughter.
The cases of the Angola Three have gained increased interest over the
last few years. Since his release, Robert King Wilkerson has worked to
build international recognition for the Angola 3. He has spoken before
the parliaments of the Netherlands, France, Portugal, Indonesia, Brazil
and United Kingdom about the case, and about political prisoners in the
United States. King Wilkerson was received as a guest and dignitary by the
African National Congress in South Africa, and has spoken with Desmond
Tutu. Amnesty International has added them to their watch list of ‘political
prisoners’/’prisoners of conscience’.
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NOVEMBER 2016