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Hi all:<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
thanks,<br>
Alejandro<br>
for the National Boricua Human Rights Network<br><br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman CE, Times" size=4>Puerto Rican
Political Prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres: Parole Hearing<br>
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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
<a href="http://www.boricuahumanrights.org/">
www.boricuahumanrights.org</a> and below.<br><br>
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</b></font><font size=3>U.S. Parole Commission<br>
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite 420<br>
</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Chevy Chase, MD 20815<br><br>
</font>Re: Carlos Alberto Torres, 88976-024, FCI Pekin<br><br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Dear Commissioners:<br><br>
</font>We write to urge you to adopt the recommendation of your hearing
examiner and order<br>
the release of Carlos Alberto Torres.<br><br>
We believe that there is no reason for the intervening disciplinary
charges to adversely<br>
affect your decision. Not only has Carlos maintained an impeccable
disciplinary record for<br>
29 years; but the person responsible for possessing the hidden weapons
confessed, telling<br>
the prison disciplinary committee that Carlos knew nothing about the
weapons.<br><br>
There is no risk in ordering his release. He enjoys wide support from the
whole of civil<br>
society in Puerto Rico, and his co-defendants have accumulated an
impressive record of<br>
support and respect in the ten years since their release.<br><br>
We urge you to order his release as recommended. We are anxious to
welcome Carlos<br>
home after three long decades behind bars.<br><br>
<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=3>Signature:
______________________________________<br>
</font>Printed Name: ___________________________________<br>
Address: _______________________________________<br>
City, State, Zip Code: ______________________________<br><br>
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San Francisco, CA 94110<br><br>
</font><font size=3 color="#008000">415 863-9977<br><br>
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