A U.S. district judge ordered Woodfox.s release in June because he said after 40 years there is not enough evidence or witnesses left to hold a fair trial.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The last of the "Angola Three" inmates, Albert Woodfox is now expected to stay behind bars until at least the end of the summer.
An appeals panel Friday ruled that Woodfox must stay in jail until it hears arguments in late August on Louisiana's push to retry him in the death of Louisiana State Penitentiary prison guard Brent Miller...