The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
"Free Leonard Peltier" serves in many ways as a brief for the defense, making a strong case for the claim that Peltier's trial was rigged because local and government officials were enraged by the ...
and Leonard Peltier. The case was the subject of Incident at Oglala, a social justice documentary still relevant today. Although Butler and Robideau were acquitted during their murder trial ...
Later, as a reporter and host for MIGIZI Communications weekly Native American radio program, Raymond covered Leonard Peltier’s trial in North Dakota and a separate trial in Wisconsin.
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has ... However, his case has been widely criticized due to allegations of trial misconduct, ...
Leonard Peltier, citizen of Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, gave an interview to MIGIZI Communications while standing trial in Wisconsin for the attempted murder of a police officer. Peltier was ...
"President Biden was right to commute the life sentence of Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier given the serious human rights concerns about the fairness of his trial," Amnesty ...
“They treated Leonard Peltier differently ... Wray dismissed Peltier’s claims of an unfair trial as meritless and accused his sympathizers of “wrongly promot[ing] him as a standard-bearer ...
This is something that we always prepared for," producer Jhane Myers told Yahoo Entertainment about the documentary's contingency plan.
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American ... been widely criticized due to allegations of trial misconduct, including conflicting testimonies ...