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Mumia: You brothers of the Angola Three did an ungodly bit in the hole. How did the state justify locking you cats, I mean, up for so long? Albert: Well, given the unchecked and unchallenged power of the prisons, uh, system in Louisiana, uh, they basically, they justification was the fact that, um, myself, Harmon, and Robert were fighting for, uh, humanity, the fact that we were fighting for- to  maintain our dignity, pride, self-respect, and our self-worth, uh, they felt was a threat to what they considered the only function of the prison. So that was, that was the justification, your infamous Burl Cain even made a statement once in a deposition that, uh, I was the most dangerous man in America, and since I've been out, uh, I would like to think that, uh, my activities have proven him to be right. Mumia: How did y’all endure 40 years in the hole? Albert: Ha! That's the most difficult question to ask. I guess having a political consciousness and, uh, you know, that was inspired by, by being members of the Bla