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A judge in the United States has ordered the release of Albert Woodfox, the last of the so-called "Angola Three" still in prison.
美國法官下令釋放艾伯特·伍德福斯——“安哥拉三人黨”中仍在監獄服刑的最后一位。
Woodfox has been in solitary confinement for 43 years after the killing of a guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1972, Richard Hulls reports.
1972年伍德福克斯在路易斯安娜州立監獄殺害一名獄警，被判處單獨監禁，至今已服刑43年。理查德·何爾士報道。
Campaigners for the "Angola Three" have always maintained there was no physical evidence to link them to the crime and all convictions have been overturned on numerous occasions.
為“安哥拉三人黨”抗議的人士堅稱沒有任何實證證明三人與命案有關，而且之前對三人的指控被多次推翻。
In his ruling, the judge said Albert Woodfox's poor health and the length of the time spent in solitary confinement had contributed to the decision to free him.
法官在裁決中稱，釋放艾伯特·伍德福克斯的決定是基于他糟糕的健康狀況和單獨囚禁的時間做出的。
No man in the U.S. has ever spent as much time in solitary confinement as he has.
他是美國被單獨囚禁時間最長的犯人。
With the exception of a six-month period in a secure dormitory in 2008, Albert Woodfox has spent all of the past 43 years incarcerated on his own.
在43年當中，艾伯特·伍德福克斯除了2008年在一間重監宿舍待了六個月之外，其他時間都是被單獨監禁的。
Question 3.What is the news mainly about?
3.新聞的主要內容是什么？
Question 4.What is special about Woodfox compared with other prisoners in the U.S.?
4.伍德福克斯與美國其他囚犯有什么不同？
