[Ppnews] Hanif Shabazz Bey update

[Political Prisoner News]

via: timabcf at aol.com

In a letter dated January 9th, 2007 Hanif writes.........

I guess that it is time that I pick myself up and get back in the race.
for the last 2 months it has been hard for me to focus on anything other
than
contemplating being free again on the outside.

Never in my 34 years on the inside, have I felt that close to being free 
and I have allowed myself to dream of being out there and visualizing of
how I would have met the challenges.

Last week, we received word that the outgoing Governor left office on
January 1st and released 7 of the 108 applicants, who had submitted
requests for commutation.

None of the Virgin Island prisoners housed here were released, though
several family members in the Islands had been lead to believe that
several prisoners were about to be released.

I spoke to the attorney fighting on my behalf and he was quite stunned, as
the person he was closely working with to get us out, is a cousin to the
Governor and worked in his administration.

The perosn working with the attorney was alos under the impression that
the Governor would commute the sentence of his son, whom is also serving a
lengthly  sentence. However, the Governor left us all in the lurch and
decided to please  the ruling class.

I guess most of the people in the Islands who felt confident that this
Governor would do something for the lumpen class, was the fact that he is
only  the second Governor of the last six that have recently been elected
that came from a lowly background.

This was quite a blow for me since I felt strongly that he was the  right
man, as he was my principal in high school and I remember him as having 
great compassion for his people.

We have been on institutional lock down for the past 4 days, so the little
bit of solitude helps recharge the batteries, so all is well..........


Hanif Shabazz  Bey
(Beaumont Gereau) #295933,
Wallens Ridge State Prison,
P.O. Box 759,
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219


Claude Marks
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