EDTA is a chemical that is added to certain foods and beverages to help them keep their color and flavor. For instance, it is sometimes added to: 1  Sodas. 2  Canned fruits and vegetables. 3  Non-nutritive sweeteners. 4  Condiments such as mayonnaise. 5  Salad dressings.
Herman Wallace was serving a 50-year sentence for armed robbery when he was convicted, along with fellow inmate Albert Woodfox, for the murder of a prison guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1972. Wallace spent 41 years in solitary confinement.
The longest prison sentence ever belongs to Winston Sweet Blue Jamesworth, who was convicted of murder in 1904 in Alabama at age 18, and served a life sentence until his death in 1982.