Thursday, September 15, 2005

Merlene Maten Freed

A little good news: The Guardian, UK: Jailed Deaconess, 73, Ordered Released

....hours after her plight was featured in an Associated Press story, a local judge ordered Maten freed Thursday.....

Here's a story from ABC News with a picture of Mrs. Maten. Are you surprised to learn she is black?

Jailed Deaconess, 73, Ordered Released
Elderly Church Leader in Prison Since Hurricane Katrina Ordered Released Following AP Story


Family and eyewitnesses insisted Maten was an innocent woman who had gone to her car to get some sausage to eat only to be mistakenly arrested by tired, frustrated white officers who couldn't catch younger looters at a nearby store.



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