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Judge rules for releasing ex-Black Panther on bail
AP via SFGate ^
| 11/25/8
Posted on 11/25/2008 4:06:26 PM PST by SmithL
Baton Rouge, La. (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a former Black Panther should be released on bail while he awaits a new trial on charges he killed a prison guard in April 1972.
U.S. District Judge James Brady said Tuesday that Louisiana must release Albert Woodfox on bail until either it drop charges against him or retries him. The state is appealing Brady's previous ruling that Woodfox deserves a new trial because he had an ineffective defense lawyer.
Woodfox is one of the inmates known as the "Angola Three."
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: activistjudge; albertwoodfox; blackpanther
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:06:27 PM PST
by
SmithL
Brady, James J.
- Born 1944 in St. Louis, MO
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
Nominated by William J. Clinton on July 14, 1999, to a seat vacated by John V. Parker; Confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2000, and received commission on May 25, 2000.
Education:
Southeastern Louisiana College, B.A., 1966
Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1969
Professional Career:
Private practice, LA, 1969-2000
Board member, Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals, 1975-1980
Adjunct professor, Louisiana State University, 1985, 1987, 1990
Race or Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:06:51 PM PST
by
SmithL
(Drill Dammit!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:15:06 PM PST
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: SmithL
I’ll be the first to guess . . . one of Barry Obama’s friendly Black Panthers?
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:15:07 PM PST
by
HighlyOpinionated
([http://www.americanphonic.com -- mp3] [http://www.foundingfathers/info//federalistpapers/])
To: SmithL
Oh, wait. I meant to say, “That’s not the Albert Woodfox I knew.”
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:15:30 PM PST
by
optiguy
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.----- Ronald Reagan)
To: SmithL
I need to EMAIL my Nephew that is a guard at Angola
to see what he knows or thinks about it.
To: SmithL
The fact that his lawyer didn’t get him off is prima facie proof that he was ineffective.
Thats good enough for me.
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:20:24 PM PST
by
marron
To: SmithL
In a related story, the Obama campaign announces that Albert Woodfox...
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:26:24 PM PST
by
jessduntno
(Barack - Kenyan for "High Wind, Big Thunder, No Rain")
To: SmithL
He can wait until Hussein pardon’s him !
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:30:50 PM PST
by
CORedneck
To: SmithL
Woodfox to be head of ‘civilian security force’? s/
To: SmithL
Why not let the murderer stay with the Ayers.
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:49:23 PM PST
by
Carley
(Prayers for Sgt. Eddie Ryan)
To: SmithL
He is also a former LA state Democrat chairman. He believes in “fairness” and “democracy”.
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posted on
11/25/2008 4:56:23 PM PST
by
Theodore R.
(The most frightening words in the English language: The American people!)
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