After spending nearly half a century in prison, a New Jersey court granted parole to Sundiata Acoli, one of the oldest members of the Black Panthers who was convicted for the 1973 murder of a state trooper.
The 85-year-old was sentenced to life in prison in 1974 for the murder of Wener Foerster, who was killed in a shootout by the then-35-year-old after a routine traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike.
