Angola 3 member Herman Wallace died quietly in his sleep, friends say

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Source: The Times-Picayune

New Orleans native, former Black Panther and member of the Angola Three Herman Wallace died Thursday night because of complications from liver cancer, friends and counsel confirmed Friday morning.

"He passed away in my home," said Ashley Wennerstrom, a long-time friend and program director at Tulane's School of Medicine. "He was surrounded by friends and family and love in his last few days."

Among his last words were, "I am free. I am free," said Wallace's counsel, who added he had "no hate in his heart...despite the cruelty (he) was shown."

Parnell Herbert, a Navy veteran who grew up with Wallace and has written a play documenting the story of the Angola Three, called Wallace "a phenomenal person" whose mission was to help people.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2013/10/herman_wallace_angola_3_dies_d.html

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Just heard about this on the BBC. Yesterday, a grand jury re-indicted Wallace in prep for another trial that an appeals court granted.

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1. May those who persecuted him

receive more mercy than he did, even though they don't really deserve it.

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2. knr

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3. Former Black Panther Herman Wallace dies days after judge overturns murder conviction that saw him

serve 41 years in solitary confinement
Simon Usborne
Friday 04 October 2013

... The men say they were framed for the killing of a guard because of their membership of the militant Black Panther party and fight for the civil rights of prisoners.

Robert King, 70, a fellow member of the Angola Three released in 2001, told the Independent: “My reaction is one of sadness for a life wasted. And when I say, wasted, I mean the society he lived in may have considered him a waste, but he helped rewrite history.

“When his conviction was overturned it cleared the slate - he could die a man not convicted of a crime he was innocent of.”

Tessa Murphy, a campaigner for Amnesty International, said: “The Louisiana prison authorities put this man through hell ...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/former-black-panther-herman-wallace-dies-days-after-judge-overturns-murder-conviction-that-saw-him-serve-41-years-in-solitary-confinement-8859711.html