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!