A nearly 50-year-long legal saga is coming to an end after President Biden commuted the life prison sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier earlier this week. A jury found Peltier guilty ...
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.
“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 ...
“They treated Leonard Peltier differently ... Wray dismissed Peltier’s claims of an unfair trial as meritless and accused his sympathizers of “wrongly promot[ing] him as a standard-bearer ...
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.
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 ...
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, ...
“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 ...