84-Year-Old Former Black Panther Still Seeking Parole After Nearly 50 Years in Prison
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Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Panther member, will go before New Jersey’s Supreme Court this year to seek parole after nearly five decades in prison. Acoli has been denied parole multiple times. He’s been eligible for parole for decades and has abided by all rules.
“You can have someone elderly who may still be dangerous in some rare cases, but that is not this man. I mean, he has not had a single problem of any kind in prison for 25 years,” Bruce Afran, Acoli’s attorney, told