Picketers say he was wrongly accused of the crime, and that the jury lacked the evidence to convict him. Members of the group have reached out to the White house in an effort to free Peltier. “He’s been wrongfully imprisoned for 41 years for murders he did...
THE global call for clemency for Native American civil rights activist Leonard Peltier – in his 41st year of incarceration in the United States – was echoed in Belfast on Monday 12 September as sympathisers gathered at the world-famous International Wall to urge his...
WASHINGTON – To mark his 72nd birthday today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a new video urging President Obama to grant clemency to Anishinabe-Lakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier before leaving office. The video highlights Amnesty...
The famed Native American activist and political prisoner spoke with the New York Daily News about his time in jail and hope for the future. Leonard Peltier, the famed Native American activist who has spent four decades in prison, suggested in an interview published...
The 71-year-old AIM member, who many believe has been unfairly jailed for more than 40 years, petitioned the president for a pardon in March. In 1977, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was put behind bars, where he has remained in federal custody for 40 years,...
