[Ppnews] Veronza Bower's New years

[Political Prisoner News]

1/01/09

Veronza Bower's New Years after 35 years of wrongly imprisonment!

Many of you know my dear friend Veronza from 
looking at his WEB site – Veronza.org.  Veronza 
has served his full 30 years sentence and we 
believe he is being held illegally in Federal 
prison.  As many of you might know we currently 
have a suit being conducted in the Federal courts 
to win his freedom. Remember he has served his full sentence!

In my life I have learned to love and respect 
Veronza.  He is an intelligent compassionate 
human being who does more work for humanity 
behind bars than most people do who are free.  In 
the 60s he was swept up and "maneuvered" into 
jail by an FBI that was charged with destroying 
the Black Panther movement - regardless of 
whether their methods were legal or otherwise.

JUSTICE WILL BE DONE WHEN THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN 
INJURED BY THE SYSTEM ARE AS OUT RAGED AS THOSE 
WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED BY THE SYSTEM!

As he waits for the court's decision Veronza will 
not eat in the prison cafeteria.  There are too 
many incidents and fights which occur which could 
give the prison officials an excuse to charge 
Veronza with an "Incident Report".  So he buys 
food at the commissary and takes a tin of 
sardines or cheese crackers to eat in his 
cell.  When I visit him in prison I am constantly 
awed by the respect and prestige that other 
prisoners show towards him.  When I talk to him 
on the phone I am constantly amazed at his 
ability to remain calm and focused and able to 
retain his dignity.  In fact, occasionally he 
hears the desperation in my voice and responds by 
trying to cheer me up.  Go figure?

The reason I am writing to you is to express the 
need for funds necessary to free this worthy 
human being.  Some of the lawyers work pro bono 
some have to be paid.  He needs money for 
telephone calls, food, and whatever it takes to 
make life bearable in a Federal Prison.

Wither it is $5 or $5,000 every penny is a major 
contribution to a truly worthy cause:  The 
easiest way to contribute is to make a check out to:

             Veronza Bowers Jr. Defense Fund

And mail it: in care of Maynard Garfield

2500 Barton Creek Blvd.  Apt. 1509

                                     Austin, TX  78735

I thank you for listening – andd may your 
Holliday season be filled with family and friends and joy!

PS: If you wish to have your name removed from 
our mailing list please let us know.

Maynard M. Garfield

<mailto:mmgarfield at mmgarfield.com>mmgarfield at mmgarfield.com



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