Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
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 ...
“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 ...
“Leonard has always wanted to live ... but no one actually saw the killings. Supporters of Peltier have said the evidence produced at trial was unreliable, while the FBI has categorically ...
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 ...
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