AN ACT OF TERROR

Veronza Bowers Held Hostage by the Federal Prison System!

“Justice will be maintained when those who are not injured by the system are as outraged as those who have been injured by the system!”

Click here to read Veronza's statement to the August 13, 2005 Journey for Justice Rally in D.C.

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO RESPOND,
PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES & DO THIS VITALLY IMPORTANT ACTIVITY!

Plan of Action:
Specific action requests include the concrete support of Bro. Bowers' legal defense team; the concrete support of Bro. Bowers himself; and to substantially increase the level of involvement of freedom-loving people globally in spreading the word about this despicable travesty.

Purpose of Action:
Support Veronza Bowers, Jr. who remains in prison 18 months past the expiration of a 30-year sentence he has already completed.

Scheduled for mandatory parole on April 7, 2004, Veronza Bowers, Jr. was a model prisoner whom prison officials showered with praise in the past. Mandatory parole is a requirement by statute after a prisoner has
completed his full sentence if there is a record of positive institutional behavior and if one cannot consider the inmate a "threat to society" upon release. Four different Parole Examiners, as well as the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC) itself, the most powerful parole authority in the nation, agreed that Mr. Bowers has complied with these prerequisites. In spite of this, just minutes before his April 7th release, the USPC rescinded his parole at the request of a law enforcement lobby group known as the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which claimed to have evidence that Bowers had violated prison rules.

At a subsequent hearing, the court dismissed FOP claims as unsubstantiated and a new parole date was set. But, the FOP then lobbied U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to intervene and, as a result, Mr. Bowers has languished in prison over 18 months past his
scheduled release date.

Mr. Bowers' conviction occurred during the FBI's infamous COINTELPRO http://thetalkingdrum.com/cointelpro.html operations, which used covert and illegal actions to eradicate civil rights, political and peace organizations. On October 6th, 2005 the five members of the U.S. Parole Commission met at the request of the U.S. Attorney General. They upheld the U.S. Attorney General's request to deny Veronza Bowers parole and to keep him indefinitely in prison.

Like filthy, disease-carrying cockroaches, this system prefers to do its dirt under cover of darkness. Like in countless other situations, it has been the voices and actions of righteous people that freed those incarcerated unjustly by shining light on their dirty work.

TOGETHER, we can help force the U.S. Parole Commission and the federal prison system honor its obligation to let Veronza Bowers go free.

Acknowledgments:
Veronza Bowers Legal Defense www.veronza.org; The Jericho Movement www.thejerichomovement.com;
The Freedom Archives www.freedomarchives.org

For information offline, please contact:
Rhonda Jones (480-460-9232) or Maynard Garfield (828-462-0249).

Participate

What You Should Do Now:

1. Even with some of the attorneys working pro bono, there are many legal and court costs. In order to continue the struggle for Bro. Bowers' freedom, please find it in your heart and pocketbook to help in any way that you financially can. Donations should be sent to:

Veronza Bowers, Jr. Legal Defense Fund
PMB 201
2614 N. Tamiami Trail
Naples, FL 34103-4409

2. Veronza's immediate concern is staying out of the prison mess hall. There are too many fights and problems there. He buys food (sardines, crackers, etc.) from the commissary and takes it back to his cell and is hurting for phone and food money. Please send whatever you can (check or m.o.) to help our Bro. survive this gulag:

Federal Bureau of Prisons
Veronza Bowers, Jr. #35316-136
P.O. Box 474701
Des Moines, Iowa 50947-0001

3. Write to Veronza! Uplift him with your words and stay updated. The increased mail will also show prison officials that Veronza Bowers has global support and give his legal team leverage!

Veronza Bowers #35316-136
FCC Medium C-1,
P.O. Box 1032,
Coleman FL 33521-1032

Fliers: Distribute Widely!

Press Release www.veronza.org/U-PressRelease.html
Case Background www.veronza.org/G-Summary.html

For more information, visit: www.veronza.org