Free the Angola Three

1. The Angola 3 are innocent political prisoners who deserve a fair chance at justice.

Public Advocacy - Civil Rights and Liberties

We are an international coalition of human-rights activists dedicated to justice for the Angola 3 - three men in Louisiana falsely accused of murder. Two of the men, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, have spent more than 35 years in solitary confinement and WERE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM SOLITARY DUE TO PRESSURE FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

Our cause is supported by Amnesty International, which declared that overwhelming evidence shows that the men were framed because of their political beliefs (they were Black Panthers) and because they were organizing fellow inmates to resist participating in the sexual slavery rings that dominated the prison at the time, and to demand better conditions and the desegregation of the "world's bloodiest prison."

No physical evidence against the men exists, and they were convicted based on inmate testimony, none of which is consistent or in many cases remotely plausible (one 'eye-witness' was legally blind). All of the inmates who testified were rewarded with cigarettes for life, shorter sentences, and in one case, a pardon.

Woodfox and Wallace are battling for the opportunity to present evidence of their innocence in court. Attorneys representing all three men (including Robert Woodfox, who proved his innocence in 2001) have filed suit against the state of Louisiana claiming denial of their constitutional rights to due process and against cruel and unusual punishment.

Attorneys and investigators cost money, and these men need a vigorous defense to have any chance against the entrenched criminal justice system, especially in Louisiana. Please consider helping and spreading the word?