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.
They should get a new roommate—the guy who kidnapped Jaycee Dugard.
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!
Agree it’s a long time for anyone. Nevertheless, why is Amnesty not focused on North Korea, China, Cuba, etc....???
The far worst things going on there.
Moronic Amnesty must end! -— me
Amnesty International... the same group that is 100% against the death penalty in ALL cases.
The same group that believes that terrorists should be allowed to go free...
I suspect that this is an effort to open the door to an attack against the federal penitentiary ADX Florence, where *many* of the prisoners are kept in perpetual solitary confinement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adx_florence
ADX Florence is the United States Maximum Security prison. On the Wiki, they list prisoners that are *believed* to be in ADX, and you may recognize several of their names, but they are under such tight security that the government doesn’t officially say who is in there.
In their maximum security wing, prisoners are kept in lockdown 23 hours a day, and permitted 1 hour of individual exercise in a concrete pit. Their beds and desks are made of concrete, and their toilet and shower cut off automatically if their drains are clogged.
A former warden refers to it as “a cleaner version of Hell.”
Maybe LA dosen’t coddle murderers.
Considering the nature of the average prisoner in the pen, solitary may be a blessing.
‘Angola 2’ Leave Solitary Cells in La. After 36 Years
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89140779&ft=1&f=1001
March 27, 2008
Two former Black Panthers imprisoned in Louisiana are out of solitary confinement for the first time since the 1970s. State corrections officials say Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were moved into a “maximum security dormitory” earlier this week. Louisiana prison officials once said the men, known as the Angola 2, would never be moved.
If these guys had been convicted of murdering someone other than a prison guard, would they even be in jail 40 years after the fact?