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America incarcerates more people than any other country in the world—in fact, 1 in 2 people have a family member who has been in prison. If you or someone you know has experienced the criminal justice system through arrest, probation, or incarceration, you probably already know how the system is designed to inflict trauma and abuse, especially on Black and Brown individuals. The summer of 2020 has been a wake-up call for many Americans who haven’t experienced this system.
As far as I know, he holds the record for having been subjected to this punishment for longer than any other prisoner in American penal history. His nearest rival was Herman Wallace, who along with Woodfox was placed in solitary following the 1972 death of Angola guard Brent Miller. Wallace, wracked with cancer, was ordered freed two years ago by a federal court.
For 127 years, prison newspapers have struggled to speak truth to the outside world. By Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche June 25, 2014 fb tw mail Print msg wa sms Bookmark June 25, 2014 Members of the San Quentin News staff, including editor-in-chief Arnulfo T. Garcia (second row, right) and managing editor Juan Haines (front row, center), pose for a picture with Wilbert Rideau (center), author and former editor of The Angolite.
You’ve spent 28 years representing defendants in US death penalty cases and 10 years representing Guantanamo Bay detainees, and you’ve just completed a book, The Injustice System, forthcoming this summer, that sums up your insights from representing the accused over so many years. Please give us a preview. I was inspired to write the book by a client, Kris Maharaj. I’ve represented him since 1994. So that’s 18 years. Kris is a British guy who is on death row in Florida.
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