Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.
justice and human rights cannot be maintained in a system that allows Leonard Peltier to die in prison,” read the letter from tribal elected officials published on NDN Collective’s website.
Leonard Peltier is 80 years old, has spent the majority of his life in prison. For decades, he has maintained his innocence over the 1975 killing of two FBI agents in a shootout on the Pine Ridge ...
But Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier remains behind bars. Over 120 tribal leaders are calling on Biden to grant clemency to Peltier as one of his final acts in office, warning this ...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to return home after spending nearly 50 years behind bars for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents. President Biden commuted his sentence Monday, following ...
“They treated Leonard Peltier differently ... celebrated in a post on the group’s website that Biden had not so far acted on Peltier’s clemency requests. A member of the American Indian ...
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with civil rights attorney Jenipher R. Jones about the commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence. Jones, Managing Attorney of For the People | A People’s Legal ...
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. President Joe Biden commuted to home confinement Peltier's life sentence after ...
During the occupation, tribal leaders hired vigilantes to "rid the reservation of (AIM) activity and sentiment" and were aided by the FBI, according to the Free Leonard website. Peltier was asked ...