Later, as a reporter and host for MIGIZI Communications weekly Native American radio program, Raymond covered Leonard Peltier’s trial in North Dakota and a separate trial in Wisconsin.
and Leonard Peltier. The case was the subject of Incident at Oglala, a social justice documentary still relevant today. Although Butler and Robideau were acquitted during their murder trial ...
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist ... and evidence presented in other trials was excluded from Peltier’s case. James Reynolds, the ...
Supporters have also claimed that Peltier’s trial was unfair ... and celebrated his release in all-caps, writing “Leonard Peltier is going home!” He added, “Leonard has become a friend ...
NDN Collective announced Friday that longtime Chippewa activist Leonard Peltier would be returning home to North Dakota, ...
Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence ... were acquitted of the same charges in separate trials. Peltier fled to Canada after the incident but was eventually extradited to the U.S ...
“The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves ... in the murders but were acquitted on evidence Peltier’s defense was not allowed to present. The trial and ...
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
“President Biden was right to commute the life sentence of Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier given the serious human rights concerns about the fairness of his trial,” Paul O ...
"Leonard Peltier's liberation is our liberation ... But dozens of people had participated in the gunfight; at trial, two co-defendants were acquitted after they claimed self-defense.
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier ... and evidence presented in other trials was excluded from Peltier’s case. James Reynolds, the prosecutor who ...