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Carlos Alberto Torres Released from Prison After 30 Years

News posted on Jul 26th, 2010

People’s Law Office celebrates the release of Carlos Alberto Torres, Puerto Rican political prisoner who has spent 30 years in federal prison for his participation in the Puerto Rican Independence movement.  Jan Susler and other attorneys from People’s Law Office have represented Carlos since his arrest in 1980.

For more information on Carlos and his release, read the following articles

Carlos Alberto Torres- Free, After a Fashion, At Last  Written by David Gespass, current President of the National Lawyers Guild

The Incarceration of Carlos Alberto Torres  Written by Marjorie Cohn, past President of the National Lawyers Guild