[Ppnews] Veronza Bowers Update - still being held beyond his release date

[Political Prisoner News]

Dear Family & Friends of Veronza,

On Monday, June 21, 2010, attorneys for Veronza filed a brief in the 
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit (Atlanta) challenging the 
decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of 
Georgia denying his writ of habeas corpus and release on mandatory parole.

In a lengthy review of the case, Veronza's legal team submitted a 
strong and compelling argument for the judges of the 11th Circuit to 
accept Magistrate Judge Susan Cole's 2008 Report & Recommendation 
recommending Veronza's immediate release on parole. In that report 
Judge Cole concluded that the U.S. Parole Commission bowed to undue 
political pressure exerted by former-Attorney General Alberto 
Gonzales and a rogue commissioner, and that the Commission acted 
illegally by violating statutes handed down by Congress, its own 
regulations and U.S. Constitution.

The government will next file a brief responding to our team's brief, 
and Veronza's attorneys will have the opportunity to reply. This 
process will take several more months. Then the judges will have the 
option of hearing oral argument in Atlanta, or deciding the case 
based upon the briefs alone.

Thanks, as always, for your continued help and support. I will keep you posted.

Monty
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http://www.veronza.org



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