Welcome to the NPPC Archive. This Archive is a searchable index of the National Political Prisoner Coalition’s records: prisoner profiles, case files, movement periodicals, court documents, and oral histories. It collects, in one place, the materials that document the history of U.S. political imprisonment from the late nineteenth century to the present.
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Justice amerikkkan style in the DESSIE WOODS CASE
Defense lawyers on behalf of Dessie Woods have filed a writ of habeas corpus with the middle District Federal Court in Macon, GA. The writ of habeas corpus documents that many state and federal violations of Dessie Woods' rights, and asks the court to show cause as to why in light of these violations, Dessie Woods is still being held in prison. The writ is r...
The Story of Dessie Woods
"A Close-Up Look at Justice in the 'New South.'" Dessie Woods was imprisoned after being charged, tried and convicted for defending herself from a rape attempt by a white man on June 17th, 1975.