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Crusading jailhouse journalist Rideau wins conviction reversal
Wilbert Rideau, jailed 40 years for a 1961 Lake Charles bank robbery and murder, has had his murder conviction overturned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found the grand jury that indicted him was racially biased, prompting calls for accountability and a possible retrial or release. Rideau, who became editor of The Angelite in Angola and earned major journalism awards, spoke through his attorney after the ruling.
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New Orleans
Wilbert Rideau
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
James Sandifer
Common Sense Against Crime
Keith Nordyke
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Angola
Rideau
Nordyke
Lake Charles
Julia Ferguson
Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court
Julian Murray
Murray
The
Angelite
Billy Wayne Sinclair
Robert F Kennedy
American Bar Association