kamikaze82 0 #1 February 24, 2007 Veronza Bowers Jr. is an inmate at the Federal Correctional Facility in Coleman, Florida. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party incarcerated in federal prison for over 31 years making him one of the longest-held political prisoners in U.S. history. Veronza's "final" hearing on his petition for mandatory parole was held on October 6, 2005. This case has been given extremely high priority by the administration in response to a request by the Fraternal Order of Police (the largest police lobby in the nation) to keep Veronza imprisoned for life in spite of having served his full sentence and being a model prisoner with a spotless record for the past 21 years. Not surprisingly, by politicizing the case and throwing the full power of the Department of Justice, the Bush administration was able to strong-arm the Parole Commission to reverse its two prior decisions granting Veronza parole. In doing so, it abandoned its commitment to fairness and impartiality in favor a partisan political agenda. He has spent his time and needs you to help him out. Visit his website to find out more about this and see what you can do. http://www.veronza.org/¡YA BASTA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #2 February 24, 2007 The granting of Federal parole is never mandatory; it is always discretionary. Bowers was convicted of the murder of a US park ranger and sentenced to life imprisonment. If you have an argument as to why his parole - which is discretionary - should be granted, make the argument. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willard 0 #3 February 24, 2007 Veronza Bowers Jr. is not a political prisoner. He is incarcerated for murder, not for his political beliefs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #4 February 24, 2007 If you Google his name, many of the websites support him, calling him a political prisoner But in the interest of fairness, here is a website from the Association of National Park Rangers that opposes his parole. http://www.anpr.org/lettertoAG6-05.htm Also a news article about it http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/23/BAGFVBFL2S1.DTL This way people can read all sides and judge for themselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
