We write to ask you to release Oscar López Rivera from prison. He has served 31 years for his commitment to the independence of Puerto Rico. He was not convicted of harming or killing anyone, yet he is serving a sentence of 70 years. When you compare his sentence to what the media termed “stiff” and “lengthy” sentences of 38 to 65 years given this year to New Orleans police officers convicted of shooting, harming and killing innocent, unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there is no doubt that his sentence is disproportionate, and politically punitive.
We hope that you commute the lengthy sentence of our brother Oscar López Rivera, and grant him immediate release.
Yours truly,
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