[Ppnews] Angola 3 Update - The Color of Innocence

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International Coalition to Free the Angola 3

Angola 3 Newsletter:  Sept. 14, 2010
Angola 3 Newsletter:  Sept. 14, 2010

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The Color of Innocence

"The question now is where do I, our attorneys and many friends and 
supporters go?  Judicially, I will meet with our attorneys and see 
what options there are.  Politically, there is no question, the 
struggle goes on." --Albert Woodfox

In the early days of this effort, supporters were clear that the 
facts of this case led to Herman and Albert's innocence and their 
unjust incarceration. The flimsy evidence used to indict them is 
suspect at best and more likely manufactured. Like thousands of 
others who languish in America's largest growth industry, the prison 
industrial complex, only with slightly more egregious circumstances, 
Herman and Albert deserve an equal chance at justice, not the 
racially and politically skewed hearings that have led to their entombment.

Somewhere along the way, in these past several years, our grassroots 
efforts have been subverted. When Attorney General Caldwell went to 
the media with baseless allegations about Albert two autumns ago, he 
fully intended the judges of the 5th Circuit to read those rumors. 
There, of course, was and is no such thing as pleading not guilty to 
rape charges as a young black man with a record and having the 
charges dropped. The story was patently false, designed entirely to 
sway public and judicial opinion. Similar obfuscating methods have 
been part of the State's effort to keep Herman and Albert isolated since 1972.

Herman's case is back in the Federal Courts having been rejected by 
the State Supreme Court. There will be an appeal to the 5th Circuit 
Court to review their ruling but no clear legal path has yet been 
re-charted for Albert. After a decade of working their way through 
the legal system, both on criminal and civil charges, the case has 
essentially been stalled and delayed by the State back to square one.

There is no doubt that the political climate is just about as bad as 
it has ever been and yet, it is also historically true that in the 
worst of times, unbelievable anomalies of justice find their way to 
the light of day.  We urge all Angola 3 supporters to remember what 
brought them to this effort and join us in any way you can in raising 
your voices for the freedom of Herman and Albert based on innocence 
as you work for peace and social justice in your communities.  We 
believe that a re-commitment to this case focusing on Herman and 
Albert's innocence and the rank injustice of their cases can only 
shed more light on the workings of the system and help return the 
color of innocence to  this case once again.




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