America's longest-serving prisoner in solitary has conviction quashed. Albert Woodfox, right, and Herman Wallace in Angola prison, in Louisiana. Woodfoxâs 1972 murder conviction was overturned when a US appeals court ruled his conviction was secured through racially discriminatory means.
Next, the Olmec created a complex drainage system. These inventions helped the Olmec survive. In addition to their inventions, they also understood many things in life, such as the concept of zero ,linear time, and gravity.
The Olmecs were the earliest known major civilization in Mexico following a progressive development in Soconusco. They lived in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. It has been speculated that Olmec derive in part from neighboring Mokaya or MixeâZoque.