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Herman Wallace dies three days after being freed

Herman Wallaceoriginally by: NBC News
published: 4 October 2013

A former prisoner who had been free for only three days after serving more than 40 years in solitary confinement in Louisiana died Friday after a bout with liver cancer.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of Herman Wallace, a member of the so-called “Angola 3,” who served more time in solitary confinement than any other inmate, Wallace’s attorney George Kendall told NBC News.

Wallace, the former Black Panther who was only nine days away from turning 72 years old, died at a friend’s home with friends and family near his bedside, Kendall said.

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Louisiana prisoner released after 41 years in solitary

Herman Wallace
Herman Wallace

originally by: The Guardian 
published: 2 October 2013

A 71-year-old Louisiana prisoner who spent 41 years in solitary confinement and is now dying of cancer was released from prison late on Tuesday, his lawyers said.

Late on Tuesday, US district chief judge Brian Jackson in Baton Rouge denied the state’s motion seeking to block his earlier order overturning Herman Wallace’s 1974 murder conviction in the death of Angola prison guard Brent Miller.

Jackson had also ordered a new trial because women were unconstitutionally excluded from the grand jury that indicted Wallace in the guard’s death. He ordered him to be released immediately.

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