BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said Wednesday that he plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision to overturn the conviction of a former Black Panther in the 1972 killing of a prison guard.
Albert Woodfox, who was held in solitary confinement for more than 30 years, is one of three former Panthers known as the “Angola Three.” He and two other black prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary were convicted in the stabbing death of guard Brent Miller.
U.S. District Judge James Brady on Tuesday approved a federal magistrate’s recommendation, issued in June, that Woodfox’s conviction be overturned because one of his former lawyers failed to object to a prosecutor’s testimony about a witness’ credibility during his second trial.
