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In a 3-2 decision, the state's highest court says Sundiata Acoli is not likely to commit another crime and overturns the Parole Board denial of his release. ....
An elderly member of the Black Liberation Army who killed a NJ State Trooper was ordered to be released from prison because the parole board could not show evidence there was a substantial likelihood that he would commit a crime again, the state's high court has ruled. ....
A New Jersey Supreme Court judge 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 spending nearly 50 years in prison. ....
Sundiata Acoli, who has dementia, will be freed to live with his daughter in Brooklyn after serving 49 years for the death of Trooper Werner Foerster. ....