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DESCRIPTION:On Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 6pm, The new British documentary about 
 the Angola 3 will be shown, followed by guest speakers and discussion (Film 
 Showing at 6:30).  Address: Saturn Café 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 
 94704 (1 block from Downtown Berkeley BART Station) Speakers:  Richard 
 Brown of the San Francisco 8, Jerry Elster of All of Us or 
 None.\n\n\n\nPolitical Prisoners in the US… FREE THEM ALL!\n\nFilm 
 Screening of In the Land of the Free\n\n& Discussion about the Angola 3\n\n 
 Join TUPOCC (The United People of Color Caucus of the National Lawyers 
 Guild) & other organizations to raise funds for the defense of the Angola 
 3, political prisoners locked up in Louisiana’s horrific Angola 
 Prison.\n\nDate: Thursday, September 29, 2011; Doors Open at 6pm, Film 
 Showing at 6:30\n \n\nAddress: Saturn Café 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 
 94704 (1 block from Downtown Berkeley BART Station)\n \n\nSpeakers:  
 Richard Brown of the San Francisco 8, Jerry Elster of All of Us or None\n 
 \n\nFundraiser!  $5-10 donation at door (no one turned away for lack of 
 funds)\n\n_______________________________________________\n\n 
 \n\nCosponsors: All of Us or None, Arab Resource and Organizing Center, 
 Committee to Stop Political Repression, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, 
 Black Alliance for Just Immigration California Coalition of Women 
 Prisoners, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, National 
 Lawyers Guild – SF AntiRacism Committee\n\n 
 \n\nhttp://www.nlg.org/TUPOCC/\n\nTake action with Amnesty International 
 demanding that Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox be immediately removed 
 from solitary confinement:   
 http://www.amnesty.org/en/appeals-for-action/justice-for-albert-woodfox-and-herman-wallace\n\nANGOLA 
 3 FACT SHEET\n(from www.angola3news.com)\n\n38 years ago, deep in rural 
 Louisiana, three young black men were silenced for trying to expose 
 continued segregation, systematic corruption, and horrific abuse in the 
 biggest prison in the US, an 18,000 acre former slave plantation called 
 Angola.\n\nPeaceful, non-violent protest in the form of hunger and work 
 strikes organized by inmates caught the attention of Louisiana’s elected 
 leaders and local media in the early 1970s. They soon called for 
 investigations into a host of unconstitutional and extraordinarily inhumane 
 practices commonplace in what was then the “bloodiest prison in the 
 South.” Eager to put an end to outside scrutiny, prison officials began 
 punishing inmates they saw as troublemakers.\n\nAt the height of this 
 unprecedented institutional chaos, Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, and 
 Robert King were charged with murders they did not commit and thrown into 
 6x9 foot solitary cells.\n\nRobert was released in 2001, but Herman and 
 Albert remain in solitary, continuing to fight for their 
 freedom.\n\nDespite a number of reforms achieved in the mid-70s, many 
 officials repeatedly ignore both evidence of misconduct, and of 
 innocence.\n\nThe State’s case is riddled with inconsistencies, 
 obfuscations, and missteps. A bloody print at the murder scene does not 
 match Herman, Albert or anyone charged with the crime and was never 
 compared with the limited number of other prisoners who had access to the 
 dormitory on the day of the murder.\n\nPotentially exculpatory DNA evidence 
 has been “lost” by prison officials—including fingernail scrapings 
 from the victim and barely visible “specks” of blood on clothing 
 alleged to have been worn by Albert.\n\nBoth Herman and Albert had multiple 
 alibi witnesses with nothing to gain who testified they were far away from 
 the scene when the murder occurred.\n\nIn contrast, several State witnesses 
 lied under oath about rewards for their testimony. The prosecution’s star 
 witness Hezekiah Brown told the jury: “Nobody promised me nothing.” But 
 new evidence shows Hezekiah, a convicted serial rapist serving life, agreed 
 to testify only in exchange for a pardon, a weekly carton of cigarettes, 
 TV, birthday cakes, and other luxuries.\n\n“Hezekiah was one you could 
 put words in his mouth,” the Warden reminisced chillingly in an interview 
 about the case years later.\n\nEven the widow of the victim after reviewing 
 the evidence believes Herman and Albert’s trials were unfair, has grave 
 doubts about their guilt, and is calling upon officials to find the real 
 killer.\n\nIn fact, Albert’s conviction has now been overturned twice by 
 judges citing racial discrimination, prosecutorial misconduct, inadequate 
 defense, and suppression of exculpatory evidence.\n\nSadly however, 
 AEDPA-gutted habeas protections that limit federal power recently allowed 
 the U.S. Court of Appeals to defer judgment to Louisiana, where seemingly 
 vengeful prosecutors insist Albert is “the most dangerous person on the 
 planet.”\n\nIn spite of this setback, the validity of Albert's conviction 
 is again under review due to apparent discrimination in the selection of a 
 grand jury foreperson, an injustice that may finally set Albert 
 free.\n\nAlthough a State Judicial Commissioner similarly recommended 
 reversing Herman’s conviction based on new, compelling evidence exposing 
 prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations, the Louisiana 
 Supreme Court denied his appeal without comment.\n\nUndeterred, Herman has 
 now turned to the Federal Courts to prove his innocence and win his 
 freedom.\n\nMeanwhile, Louisiana prison officials stubbornly refuse to 
 release them from solitary because “there’s been no rehabilitation” 
 from “practicing Black Pantherism.”\n\nNearly a decade ago Herman, 
 Albert and Robert filed a civil lawsuit challenging the inhumane and 
 increasingly pervasive practice of long-term solitary confinement. 
 Magistrate Judge Dalby describes their almost four decades of solitary as 
 “durations so far beyond the pale” she could not find “anything even 
 remotely comparable in the annals of American jurisprudence.” The case, 
 expected to go to trial in 2011, will detail unconstitutionally cruel and 
 unusual treatment and systematic due process violations at the hands of 
 Louisiana officials.\n\nWe believe that only by openly examining the 
 failures and inequities of the criminal justice system in America can we 
 restore integrity to that system.\n\nWe must not wait.\nWe can make a 
 difference.\n\nWrite the Angola 3\nHerman Wallace\n#76759\nElayn Hunt 
 Correctional Center\nCCR - D - #11\nPO Box 174\nSt Gabriel, LA 
 70776\n\nAlbert Woodfox\n#72148\nDavid Wade Correctional Center, N1A\n670 
 Bell Hill Rd.\nHomer, LA 71040\n\nRobert King\nc/o Kings Freelines\n2008 
 New York Av. #B\nAustin, Texas 78702\nkingsfreelines@ 
 gmail.com\n512.473.0680\n\nAs the A3 did years before, now is the time to 
 challenge injustice and demand that the innocent and wrongfully 
 incarcerated be freed.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/26/18691393.php
SUMMARY:The Angola 3 and Political Prisoners in the US… FREE THEM ALL!
LOCATION:Saturn Café 2175 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/26/18691393.php
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