Former U.S. prosecutor of Leonard Peltier has written President Obama requesting clemency for the aging Native American activist. Ottawa (06 Jan. 2017) — The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is welcoming a senior U.S. attorney’s request to...
The movement pushing President Barack Obama to offer clemency to Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier has a new ally – a former U.S. prosecutor close to the case. Seán Kinane reports, in the closing weeks of the Obama administration supporters of the former...
‘When I look at Leonard Peltier’s case I can almost see myself’ – Albert Woodfox Obama has only a fortnight to grant clemency for Peltier on ‘humanitarian grounds and in the interests of justice’ Albert Woodfox, the African American man who was released from...
Native American activists are making a final push to urge President Obama to grant executive clemency to activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier was convicted of killing two agents in a shootout between the FBI and the American Indian Movement (AIM) activists during the...
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – As the clock ticks down toward the end of the Obama administration, advocates are stepping up efforts to secure clemency for Leonard Peltier. Peltier, an American Indian Movement activist, was convicted 41 years ago in connection...