Wife of murdered prison guard urges justice for man placed in solitary 42 years ago

Headline Title: Wife of murdered prison guard urges justice for man placed in solitary 42 years ago 04 March 2014 The morning of 17 April 1972 will be forever etched on Leontine Rogers’ memory.The 17-year-old trainee beautician, known as Teenie, woke up early, had breakfast and drove her 23-year-old husband Brent Miller to work. He was a guard at the notorious Angola prison in the state of Louisiana.A few hours later, she was sitting in class at the beauty school, when her sister turned up out of the blue.“There’s been an accident. Brent is dead,” she said.Teenie’s world collapsed.…

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