US EditionThe ongoing fight for Leonard Peltier’s clemency
- Indigenous rights activists are urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, who has spent nearly 50 years in prison for a crime he claims he did not commit.
- Peltier was convicted for the deaths of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and his convictions were later reduced to aiding and abetting.
- A documentary titled 'Free Leonard Peltier' is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival to raise awareness about his case and garner support for his release.
- Despite calls for clemency from over 120 tribal leaders, the FBI opposes Peltier's release, and it remains uncertain if his case qualifies under the President's clemency criteria.
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Scores of U.S. tribal leaders call on Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier
A group of over 120 elected current and former tribal leaders from across the United States are calling on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a longstanding political activist convicted in 1977 in the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, according to a story first published Monday by HuffPost. Peltier is a member of the American Indian Movement, a grassroots Native American organization f…
Live From Los Angeles…We Pray For Leonard Peltier With The Great Rose
We start GREEP Zoom #207 with a report from the burning city of Los Angeles that it’s long past time to shut the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, before they could pour a radioactive cloud into a city/county with 11 million.The great ROSE STYRON….poet, activist, co-founder of Amnesty USA….tells us to get active to help us save Leonard Peltier out of prison before he dies.Rose is joined by ALEX MATTHEISSEN adds to the request in the name of his fat…
Tribal Leaders in Support of Clemency for Leonard Peltier
In a show of broad support from Indian Country, on January 13 2025, over 120 tribal leaders sent a letter calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. At 80 years old, Peltier is in his 49th year of incarceration. 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 Leona…
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