Read more about state repression of the uprising in Arkansas and these cases: How to Crush a Movement for Racial Justice and Little Rock police vehicle arson cases end with federal sentencing of four defendants.

Rene’s friends have a Go Fund Me for her commissary here. Before beginning her sentence, she posted a thread about her experience here.

Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho, Renea Goddard, Emily Nowlin and Loba Espinosa-Villegas were all sentenced to time in federal prison related to the torching of Little Rock, AK police vehicles during the 2020 uprisings.

Mujera Benjamin Lunga’ho received a five and a half year sentence after pleading guilty to arson in August, 2023, and has been incarcerated since September 2021. Emily Nowlin and Loba Espinosa-Villegas were each sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in September 2022 to possession of a molotov cocktail. Renea Goddard was also sentenced to 18 months after pleading guilty in September 2022 for conspiracy to possess a molotov cocktail. The three started their sentences in 2024.

Renea Goddard
22810-509
FCI Aliceville
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 4000
Aliceville, AL 35442

Release date: 5/9/2025