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Crime
Eugene Tannehill beat a man in nothern Lousiana to death with a pipe. -
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Eugene "Bishop" Tannehill: Time in Angola
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Incarceration
Eugene Tannehill was moved from a local jail to Angola Penitentiary. -
Crime
Logan "Bones" Theriot murdered his wife after claiming that she abused the child she'd had with his best friend. -
Crime
George Ashanti Witherspoon was involved in an armed robbery and a shootout with the police where he and a policeman were injured. -
Incarceration
"Bones" Theriot was sentenced to life in Angola Prison -
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Logan "Bones" Theriot: Time in Angola
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Incarceration
Ashanti Witherspoon was sentenced to 75 years in Angola Prison. -
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George Ashanti Witherspoon: Time in Angola
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Crime
Vincent Simmons is accused of raping twin sisters, Karen and Sharon Sanders. -
Incarceration
Simmons was sentenced to 100 years in Angola Prison. -
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Vincent Simmons: Time in Angola
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Rehabilitiation
Sometime during his stay at Angola, Tannehill became a Christian and actively renounced his life of crime. -
Career
Within the walls of the prison, Tannehill attended Bible college and became an ordained minsiter, earning him the nickname, "Bishop." -
Rehabilitation
Sometime during his stay at Angola, Ashanti Witherspoon became a Christian, actively renounced his life of crime, and moved away from being considered a militant in prison. -
Crime
John Brown attempted to rob Omer Laughlin and ended up stabbing him thirteen times. -
Incarceration
John Brown was sentenced to life in Angola Prison. -
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John Brown: Time in Angola
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Career
Witherspoon became in his own words, 'an educator, leader, teacher, minister, journalist, paralegal, cpr instructor-trainer, life coach, mentor, magazine editor, film maker, and motivational speaker,' all within the prison walls. -
Crime
George Crawford shot and murdeed Sherri Bailes. -
Incarceration
George Crawford was convicted of first degree murder. -
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George Crawford: Time in Angola
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Death
John Brown was executed by lethal injection. -
Pardon
An official document for a full pardon reached the govenor's desk in 1998 and awaits his signature. -
Appeal
Vincent Simmons has been trying to win an evidentiary trial, but he has not yet been awarded one. -
Death
Bones died of lung cancer inside Angola Prison. -
Release
Ashanti Witherspoon walked out of Angola Prison a free man. -
Appeal
Crawford had an appeal hearing in 2002, where he argued that there was insufficient evidence to name him as an accomplice to the crime. The court found him guilty and reaffirmed his sentence. -
Release
Govenor Kathleen Blanco signed his pardon, and Bishop Tannehill walked out of Angola a free man in 2007. -
Present Day
Tannehill works today as a preacher in New York City, urging youths away from the life he initially chose. -
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George Crawford is still in Angola Prison. -
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Today, George Ashanti Witherspoon works in the world as a pastor, mentor, and teacher. -
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Bones chose to be buried on the Angola property where his fellow inmates could visit his grave. -
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Vincent Simmons remains in Angola and continues to argue for his innocence.
