Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After spending nearly half a century in prison, a New Jersey court granted parole to Sundiata Acoli, one of the oldest members of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly half a century ago, Sundiata Acoli killed a cop. Today, at 85, Acoli is still behind bars, serving a life sentence that may ...

A former Black Panther who was convicted of murdering a New Jersey State trooper 49 years ago will soon be sprung on parole. New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 3-2 to allow 85-year-old Sundiata ...

TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Six new amicus curiae briefs were filed in the New Jersey Supreme Court late yesterday demonstrating the overwhelming legal arguments in favor of granting ...

Nearly 50 years after the arrest of a member of the Black Panther Party for the killing of a New Jersey state trooper, activists and even some law enforcement groups are ramping up the fight for his ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Panther convicted in the 1973 slaying of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, may be released on parole after ...

The oldest imprisoned Panther was eligible for parole 29 years ago but was repeatedly denied in spite of ‘exemplary’ prison record Sundiata Acoli, 85, the oldest former member of the Black Panthers ...

Sundiata Acoli, the Black Liberation Army activist convicted of the infamous 1973 killing of a New Jersey State Police trooper, was released Wednesday after nearly 50 years in prison. The 85-year-old ...

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