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Freeing Leonard Peltier Would Be a First Step Towards Justice

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Who is Leonard Peltier?  An Ojibwe and Lakota, and a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Peltier is an 80-year-old U.S. political prisoner in very frail health. He has spent nearly 50 years in federal prison. Convicted of killing two FBI agents during a firefight on the Jumping Bull ranch in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on Jun. 26, 1975, his co-defendants, Dino Butler and Robert Robideau, were acquitted. His own original prosecu…

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Freeing Leonard Peltier Would Be a First Step Towards Justice

Who is Leonard Peltier?  An Ojibwe and Lakota, and a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Peltier is an 80-year-old U.S. political prisoner in very frail health. He has spent nearly 50 years in federal prison. Convicted of killing two FBI agents during a firefight on the Jumping Bull ranch in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on Jun. 26, 1975, his co-defendants, Dino Butler and Robert Robideau, were acquitted. His own original prosecu…

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‘Stand With Us Again’: 120 Tribal Leaders Urge Biden To Release Leonard Peltier

With one week left in office, the president could end his term with an act of mercy by granting clemency to the ailing Native American rights activist.

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Tribal Leaders Letter in Support of Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE

Dear President Biden: We are current and former elected Tribal leaders and leaders of national Tribal organizations who join our voices with the many others around the globe who have called out for the end of Leonard Peltier’s long incarceration.  We urge you to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. The current facts of Mr. Peltier’s imprisonment call out for mercy: he is an 80-year-old enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa India…

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