[Ppnews] Urgent NEW letter writing campaign for Carlos Alberto Torres

[Political Prisoner News]

Hi all:

Below is the article on Carlos Alberto parole hearing today. We are 
ramping up the campaign with a revised letter to the Parole 
Commission and have set goal of 10,000 letters within 30 days! We 
need to put the pressure on the parole commission to release Carlos 
Alberto and this is a historic opportunity to help bring Carlos 
Alberto home to us.

Please distribute far and wide. This is a new letter, so even if your 
friends, families, supporters have signed one already, they need to 
sign another one, and if possible send us a copy. The new letter is 
also attached below.

thanks,
Alejandro
for the National Boricua Human Rights Network


Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres: Parole Hearing

On January 19, 2010, Carlos Alberto Torres attended a video hearing 
presided over by a U.S. Parole Commission hearing examiner whose task 
was to consider the disciplinary charges stemming from last January, 
and to make a recommendation for what should happen with respect to 
his request to be released on parole. Carlos Alberto answered the 
questions posed, and his attorney Jan Susler asked that the Parole 
Commission release him on parole as previously recommended, 
regardless of the wrongful charges. She pointed out the vast, ongoing 
support for his release, and argued that there is absolutely no risk 
in releasing him, as evidenced by the impressive example of his 
compatriots who were released by presidential commutation in 1999. 
The hearing examiner then made a favorable recommendation. The Parole 
Commission will make the final decision, hopefully within the next 30 
days. There is still time to write to the Parole Commission to urge 
them to release Carlos Alberto. A sample letter can be found at 
<http://www.boricuahumanrights.org/>www.boricuahumanrights.org and below.

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U.S. Parole Commission
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite 420
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Re: Carlos Alberto Torres, 88976-024, FCI Pekin

Dear Commissioners:

We write to urge you to adopt the recommendation of your hearing 
examiner and order
the release of Carlos Alberto Torres.

We believe that there is no reason for the intervening disciplinary 
charges to adversely
affect your decision. Not only has Carlos maintained an impeccable 
disciplinary record for
29 years; but the person responsible for possessing the hidden 
weapons confessed, telling
the prison disciplinary committee that Carlos knew nothing about the weapons.

There is no risk in ordering his release. He enjoys wide support from 
the whole of civil
society in Puerto Rico, and his co-defendants have accumulated an 
impressive record of
support and respect in the ten years since their release.

We urge you to order his release as recommended. We are anxious to 
welcome Carlos
home after three long decades behind bars.

Signature: ______________________________________
Printed Name: ___________________________________
Address: _______________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: ______________________________




Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

415 863-9977

www.Freedomarchives.org  
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