Posted on 06/06/2011 7:52:42 PM PDT by PROCON
Two US prisoners who have been held in solitary confinement for nearly 40 years should have their isolation ended immediately, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Albert Woodfox, 64, and Herman Wallace, 69, have been held in solitary at Louisiana State Penitentiary ever since they were convicted of murdering a prison guard in 1972, the London-based human rights group said.
Their four-decade ordeal "is cruel and inhumane and a violation of the US's obligations under international law," said Guadalupe Marengo, Amnesty's Americas deputy director.
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I agree. In fact, they should have had a rendezvous with Ol' Sparky about 39 years ago.
Shameful!
Not surprised it is Louisiana
There is no rationale for 40 years of solitary. If the LA guards were so pissed at these guys, they should have rather shot them! I am being somewhat sarcastic but truly, there is no rhyme of reason for 40 years in solitary for a single incident.
There is a reason our founders put in the “no cruel or inhumane punishment” clause.
We are not savages like Old Europe or ROP or others. We are civilized.
I believe in justice and the rule of law. Putting someone in solitary for 40 years qualifies as neither.
Things like this (and the TSA and ever more powers to the Police) show how close the United States is coming to becoming a police state
40 years in solitary confinement? damn. That’s what you call “sending a message to the other inmates”.
The day that Amnesty International, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), International ANSWER, Code Pink and 99.9% of the other NGOs are made illegal will be a sign that we are restoring the Republic.
I agree. They should be executed immediately, in the interest of protecting their civil rights.
That "single incident" was cold-blooded murder!
Capital punishment should have been applied decades ago.
They should get a new roommate—the guy who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard.
These are homocidal maniacs who kill or maim any individual with which they come in contact. How else can they be dealt with?
You do have a way with words!..:=)
Are you serious? They can be dealt with very simply, by executing them for their crime. But cruel and unusual punishment is explicitly forbidden by our Constitution.
40 years is nothing. Back in the good old days Cristian hermits spent many decades by themselves.
Hinckley, I'll leave this answer for you!
We don’t know the whole story. It may be that these two have done or said things that makes solitary confinement the right thing. Think Hannibal Lecter.
Thanks for posting the wikipedia article. According to it, none of these guys is still in solitary.
Now—do we trust wikipedia?
Well the guard they killed was put in a casket of lesser measurement... and never been allowed to work or have access to education...or his life... since they killed him. They have no room for complaint. Amnesty should be ashammed of themselves. To think these fellows are suing for in human treatment!
The answer seems obvious.
Yeah...but look at it this way....if we we had put democrats in solitary for 40 years think of how much better things would be now.....
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