Amy Goodman
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Cancer-Stricken Angola 3 Prisoner Herman Wallace Given Just Days to Live After 42 Years in Solitary
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16:25Now PlayingAngola Prisoner Herman Wallace is dying of liver cancer after 42 years in solitary confinement. A member of the socalled Angola 3, Wallace and two others were in jail for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary known as Angola Prison. The men say they were framed because of their political activism as members one of the first prison chapters of the Black Panther Party. Wallace's supporters say he has just days to live, but his requests for compassionate release has so far gone unanswered. We speak with Jackie Sumell, a New Orleansbased artist behind "Herman's House," a collaboration with Wallace, which is the subject of a new documentary by the same name. "I'm not sure in the state of Louisiana if compassion is part of the vocabulary of those who are in power. I always felt that compassionate release, or asking for compassionate release, was important in terms of a multipronged effort to have Herman released," Sumell says. "But there's been 42 years of the state continuing to deny Herman's due process. It's incredible. He's the longest known serving in solitary confinement in the United States." We are also joined by Malik Rahim, one of the founders of the Louisiana chapter of the Black Panther Party and a cofounder of the Common Ground Collective, which helped bring thousands of people from all over the world to help rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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