Leonard Peltier is a member of the Chippewa tribe ... two life sentences at USP Coleman I in Wildwood, Fla. In 2016, attorneys for Peltier filed a clemency request with then-President Obama.
In 1977, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of ... This was discovered by Peltier's attorney in 1980, after a Freedom of Information Act request was submitted.
“I implore you to act with courage and compassion and release Leonard Peltier. His freedom would be a beacon of hope for countless others who have suffered injustice.” NDN Collective has been ...
However, Myrtle Poor Bear later retracted her testimony. Although not called as a prosecution witness at trial, the trial judge refused to allow Leonard Peltier’s attorneys to call Myrtle Poor Bear as ...
Hawai’i Sen. Brian Schatz, chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, made a plea to President Joe Biden on behalf of Leonard Peltier on Dec. 4. In a less than four-minute speech on the Senate ...
Myrtle Poor Bear later retracted her testimony. Although not called as a prosecution witness at trial, the trial judge refused to allow Leonard Peltier’s attorneys to call Myrtle Poor Bear as a ...
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, led 33 members of Congress on Friday in a letter calling on President Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier — a Native American ...
I just wish that Leonard Peltier will get out of prison.’” The Democratic senator also cited remarks from the U.S. attorney who tried Peltier’s case, James Reynolds, who later said he ...
“She later recanted that statement, saying, ‘I was forced into this, and I feel very awful. I just wish that Leonard Peltier will get out of prison.’” The Democratic senator also cited remarks from ...