The last of Angola three has been released from prison. 69-year-old Albert Woodfox walked out of the East Feliciana Parish Jail as a free man for the first time in more than 42 years. Woodfox was an inmate back in 1972 when he and two others were accused of stabbing a prison guard to death. They became known as the Angola 3. Woodfox withdrew his previous “not guilty” pleas and pleaded “no contest” to manslaughter & aggravated burglary. The judge allowed his immediate release due to time served.

Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” has died at the age of 89. Halen Doughty reports…:
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The ACLU of Louisiana has responded to the latest Crime Stoppers video by St. Landry Parish’s Captain Clay Higgins that now has over 15 million views.
Higgins is looking for wanted members of the Gremlins Gang and says they each have a $2500 bounty on their head. ACLU of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman…:
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Esman feels like all this does is exacerbate the problem of a public who feels cops are the bad guys.

In another blow to Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, his estranged daughter has taken over their family’s estate in Texas. This was under a settlement agreement approved by a judge. Benson cut his heirs out of his will when the feud began, and a settlement on the lawsuit over the ownership of the sports franchises in New Orleans is scheduled for a hearing next week. Renee Benson argues that her father is not competent to handle his affairs.