Attorney General Loretta Lynch
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Dear Attorney General Lynch:
In 1975, the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (also known as the Church Committee) investigated the counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a 25-year period. With regard to its COunter INTELligence PROgram, or COINTELPRO, operations, the Church Committee found the Bureau responsible for: violating and ignoring the law; exceeding its powers with regard to domestic intelligence activity; using excessively intrusive techniques against United States citizens; using covert action to disrupt and discredit domestic groups; abusing intelligence information for political purposes; and having inadequate controls, as well as no accountability. As you know, COINTELPRO was centrally directed and targeted a range of political dissidents and organizations. The stated goals of COINTELPRO were to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" those persons or organizations that the FBI found objectionable, i.e., a threat to the status quo. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most notable of these COINTELPRO targets.
During the 1970s, the American Indian Movement (AIM) also was a target of the FBI. AIM activist Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 in connection with the shooting deaths of two FBI agents and has served 40 years in federal prison despite proof that he was convicted on the basis of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coerced testimony.
The United States Courts of Appeal have repeatedly acknowledged investigative and prosecutorial misconduct in this case—evident from the time of Peltier's extradition from Canada to his trial and subsequent sentencing:
"Much of the government’s behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed."[1]
"The use of the affidavits of Myrtle Poor Bear in the extradition proceedings was, to say the least, a clear abuse of the investigative process by the FBI."[2]
"[W]e find that the prosecution withheld evidence from the defense favorable to Peltier, and that had this evidence been available to the defendant it would have allowed him to cross-examine certain government witnesses more effectively."[3]
"[T]he FBI used improper tactics in securing Peltier’s extradition from Canada and in otherwise investigating and trying the Peltier case. Although our court decided that these actions were not grounds for reversal, they are, in my view, factors that merit consideration in any petition for leniency filed . . . We as a nation must treat Native Americans more fairly . . . Favorable action by the President in the Leonard Peltier case would be an important step in this regard."[4]
Peltier also has been denied fair consideration for parole by unscrupulous, untruthful, and overzealous prosecutors who know parole authorities do not consult the court record and will therefore take on faith any false statements the prosecutors care to make.
On June 23, 1995, Amnesty International submitted a letter of concern about the Peltier case to then Attorney General Janet Reno. The world renowned human rights organization sought but failed to obtain an Executive Review of the case.
We agree with senior deputy director of Amnesty International-USA Curt Goering who, after the U.S. Parole Commission denied Peltier parole in August 2009, stated: “Given that the case against Peltier unraveled years ago, his continued imprisonment is only protracting a grave miscarriage of justice... When you consider the concerns that plague the case... it is unconscionable that Leonard Peltier should continue to suffer behind bars. It is high time for the U.S. government to... right the wrongs of the past."
We call on you, Ms. Lynch, to conduct an Executive Review of the Peltier case without delay, one that addresses:
•FBI agents' use of improper techniques or coercive tactics, as well as fabricated evidence;
•FBI laboratory personnel's use of poor scientific techniques, mishandling of evidence, provision of skewed or completely false testimony to support prosecution claims, or providing fabricated evidence; and
•prosecutorial misconduct such as courtroom misconduct; mishandling of physical evidence (hiding, destroying, and/or tampering with evidence, case files or court records); failing to disclose exculpatory evidence; threatening, badgering, and/or tampering with witnesses; and using false or misleading evidence.
This review also should include examination of post-conviction actions on the part of FBI officials and agents, as well as prosecutors, to prevent fair consideration of Peltier's applications for parole and Executive Clemency.
It is long past time to rectify an immense and evident injustice. The politically-motivated prosecution of Leonard Peltier is an abuse of power.
Conduct an Executive Review of the Peltier case now. Only through such honorable action, which is wholly in your power, can we be sure that justice will, at last, be done.
[1] Per Curiam Opinion by Circuit Judge Seymour and Senior Circuit Judges Anderson and Brorby, Peltier v. Booker, 348 F.3d 888, 896 (10th Cir. 2003).
[2] Hon. Donald Ross, writing for the Court in United States v. Peltier, 585 F.2d 314, 335 n.18 (8th Cir. 1978).
[3] Hon Gerald Heaney, writing for the Court in United States v. Peltier, 800 F.2d 772, 775 (8th Cir. 1986).
[4] Hon. Gerald Heaney Letter to Sen. Daniel Inouye (Apr. 18, 1991).
Updates
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ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE FIGHT FOR LEONARD PELTIER!! THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING OF STRENGTH AND I AM COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT TOGETHER!!
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138 Comments
The government has repressed Native Americans too long. Leonard Peltier needs be released, His trial and conviction was a political act with manufactured evidence while suppressing evidence that would have set him free.
Please review Leonard Peltier's case and ask President Obama to pardon him.
Please free Leonard Peltier now
It is past time to release Mr Peltier. Please do the right thing and let this man free as he should have been all along.
I have researched Leonard Peltier's history in great depth and feel very strongly that there has been a terrible miss carriage of justice. Please let this innocent man free so he can spend what is left of his life with his family and loved ones.
I have researched Leonard Peltier's history in great depth and feel very strongly that there has been a terrible miss carriage of justice. Please let this innocent man free so he can spend what is left of his life with his family and loved ones.
The man has done enough time,he has given his life.Let him go home and live out his life that is left!
Enough is Enough
Free Peltier now.
Would love for him to walk free before it is to late and meet his family he hasn't met yet
Growing up i have heard the stories, I have watched the documentaries, and i have prayed for Peltier. I am a Sioux Native from Fort Totten, ND and I really hope Mr. Peltier gets justice. Come home to us Peltier. Our people are forgetting who we are and what we live for. I pray for your freedom.
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
Free this man he is and always was innocent of the crimes that are holding him for over 30 years
History is waiting. Free Leonard Peltier.
Please free this innocent man. Shame on scapegoating and blaming him.
Thank you
Please investigate , act and set this man free
Please
Our Government is wrong for what they're doing. You need to fix your mistake and set him free. NOW!
Leonard Peltier Free NOW
It is time!!!! His life wasted. He did not deserve this. His last days should at least be free.
No one should be held due to suppression of evidence, wronful ambition, scoundrels, and mere fact too many in this legal battle have said they did wrong by him.
It's time and long overdue to release this innocent man. Simply because he was there & a true investigation was not done due to ignorance and laziness on the government agents, all who were/ are involved. I wonder how long God will let haters go unpunished? This case is another scar on the government and the way they treat the First People! Please fer this man & make your wrong doing right. Also, you should reimburse him for his precious time and the suffering we all know took place.
If it were decades after the end of the Nazi regime in Germany, and the last Jewish survivor of the Warsaw ghetto were still languishing in prison, being punished for the "crime" of fighting back and resisting genocide, ignored by the mainstream press and media and by the government and by much of society - it might not seem that there would be consequences. But if this prisoner were to spend the rest of his life in prison and to die there, it would reflect a kind of shame on the German nation from which it might never recover.
this is the largest visible stain on federal justice in this country as regards original peoples. he needs to be freed., now.
It's time to grant freedom and serve justice.
Have Mercy. Long Past Time to Free Leonard Peltier
This injustice has gone on far too long. It is unconscionable .
PLEASE free this man. He has served his time. It is a stain on the government of the United States. Shame on them.
was literally just explaining about this NA activist in fed prison for last 20+ years to a friend & i saw this petition...!
Leonard did not kill the FBI agents Everyone knows it. It was proven in court in the 80's
Please right this historic injustice.
Do what you know is right!! Enough is enough let him go home!!
PARDON LEONARD PELTIER ASAP-DYING & NEEDS 2B HOME WITH LOVED ONES TO DIE
Free Leonard NOW!!!
I am appalled at the treatment of this case and this man. He has been held longer than Nelson Mandela by many years and it behooves you and our government to set this right and free Leonard to get proper medical care and return to his family and home. Thank you for your consideration and action on this matter.
LEONARD NEVER RECEIVED A FAIR TRIAL -THEY WERE OUT TO GET LEONARD NO MATTER WHAT
JUSTICE FOR LEONARD IS WAY OVERDUE . . . . . . .. WAY WAY OVERDUE! . . . . AMERICA OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE LIES PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
justice is an important thing to protect.
Since Ramsey Clarke, Since Eric Holder, , , it's time for Executive Review.
Please.. for the long overdue justice for this man who has been incarcerated for so long, & for human rights & Indigenous rights; thank you
Cointelpro unconstitutionally repressed freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. It should be investigated. Many Americans suspect Leonard Peltier was framed.
Please free this man! There is no reason he is still in prison, he is no harm to anyone. Enough is enough.
It is pass time to set Leonard Peltier free. It is the only morally and justified thing to do.
Mr Peltier has served enough time. Please release him to live out his days in peace with his family!
in situations of injustice. we chose to remain silent we have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu
Please show humanity. Please uphold uphold justice and re-open this case. Show humanity to Leonrard Peltier.
A lot of time passed by, please do it before it would be too late. We need real justice. Now.
PLEASE FREE LEONARD PELTIER---NOW
Let this First Nation fella go free!
This is such a travesty of justice in these United States, the way all native Americans have been treated in their own lands.
The trial was a farce. I don´t know if Leonard Peltier killed the two FBI agents Coler and Williams in 1975 at Pine Ridge. I don´t know if he is guilty, but I hope and pray for a fair process of justice for him. Now it´s time for freedom for Mr. Leonard Peltier and to learn the truth! In the name of humanity and kind regards from East Germany, Ekbert
This gentleman has served too much time, please release him so that he can spend his remaining years with his tribe and most of all his family. He has suffered inhumane treatment, please set him free. He is no risk.
God Bless Leonard Peltier!
Free Leonard Peltier!
I read Prison writings and I honestly can't explain the level of sadness and down right anger I currently have towards my government.
Revisión ya !!
Free Leonard now,pm
Give him the chance to die a free man.
WTF; seriously!
The continued wrongful imprisonment of Leonard Pelltier is an utter travesty.
Free Leonard Peltier
It's about time he is freed.
please have compassion and release this innocent man, Leonard Peltier who is already 75. ty
I was a teenager when I first heard about the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. More than forty years later, I am disappointed to note that this man, who is definitely not a criminal, is still held in prison, far away from his parents, friends, home and land. France is the country of Human Rights. I do hope that it can be the same for USA. Please reconsider urgently Leonard Peltier's situation.
Everyone deserves a fair trial and when they don't receive it, the case needs to be reviewed
B"H The irony of the trial, conviction and sentencing is very clear. Mr. Peltier was on the Pine Ridge reservation to help those who live there to engage in constructive behavior, avoid addictive behaviors, and remain safe from the violent attacks by those nearby who are not part of the Sioux nation and who were coming on to the reservation to murder people, with no regard to the innocence of women and children. He was taking the part of a guardian of his people. This is good citizenship. The two FBI agents were not in a marked car, and they were in plainclothes, and it would not have been easy to discern who they were, but shots came from the car, so guardians of the innocents of the reservation responded. This includes Bob Robideaux o.b.m. and another guardian (members of AIM, an organization created to help Native Americans, from grassroots, be more constructive and law abiding, rather than be lost to liquor and unemployment) who heard the shots and responded and were acquitted. These men had an obligation to protect the innocents from any harm from invaders and it was not possible to discern who the plainclothes FBI agents were. Even the one who did the close-range shooting, whose identity has never really been ascertained, most likely did not recognize that these were government employees, on an FBI mission, and was acting on the motive of desiring to protect the women and children who were in easy gunshot range. What makes the story harder for some of us to bear is the realization that the FBI had been more closely looking at all the surrounding Native American properties in that region, as the Federal Government was seeking to acquire as much of this land and remove it from their treaty-protected possession due to the fact that it's rich in uranium, which is primarily used for nuclear weaponry, and even if used for nuclear power, can still be a source of death and destruction to large populations, and if the latter, in our own country. The Sioux in
Free Leonard Peltier
The continued wronful imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, is inhuman. No one should be treated as he has
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere." Dr. MLK jr.
Free him NOW
Conduct an Executive Review of the case of Leonard Peltier, and bring him out of prison to return home to his land and people
Treat others as you want to be treated US Department of Justice Mrs. Lynch and do what is expected from you; The Netherlands and the rest of the World is watching your mistakes. Make right what is wrong and serve Justice to Mr. Leonard Peltier (and his people) before it is too late: it is in Your hands. Do your homework and show some respect to your job. The clock is ticking!
I was born the year he was put away on trumped up charges, and thats just wrong, heck Trump is pardoning actual criminals over there, and an innocent man sits in Jail for most of his life.
44 years... whithout a fair trial. What a shame.
We sign together! Release Leonard home! 44 yrs. show some humanity please!
Freedom
The fact that a clearly innocent man is still in jail after this long is a sad condemnation of the legal system.
This man can not lose another day of his life to the corrupt prison system in America.
Free Leonard Peltier, he needs to go home and be with his family!
Justice for Leonard Peltier!
Please set this man free already!
Free Leonard Peltier!
Free this man!
Justice for Leonard Peltier! Do what is right and send him home!
I manifest the injustice of Mr.Peltier to bring him Justice and all of our people for all the wrong doings whitemen has caused our people.
Free Leonard!!
Leonard Peltier is innocent and must return to his family.
He is old and ill, you must release him now or you are showing the world how cruel the United States government is to POC
Free Leonard
How long must this injustice continue......Please if there is any justice in America free Leonard Peltier!
Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for too long.....If Justice exists Free him!
Leonard Peltier is an american Hero, anyone who practices a spiritual belief here in the United States, owes this man his freedom. He set his people free, by sacrificing his own freedom for his beliefs that ALL people are created equal.
Free Leonard Peltier and let him go home to his family!!!
Please bring justice to the legal travesty of Leonard Peltier's incarceration! Free this man finally.
Given that James Reynolds, the very US prosecutor who put Mr. Peltier in jail, acknowledges the unconstitutionality and wrongfulness of that imprisonment, it is beyond time to conduct an Executive Review, grant Mr. Peltier clemency, and ensure that the US Government begins to right past injustices.
Free Leonard Peltier and let him go home to his family!!!
Leonard Peltier is innocent of the charges for which he has served over 40 years in prison. He is now sick and old, and needs to be released to his family. Right this wrong!
LEONARD HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY PROSECUTED. HIS PROSECUTER HAS STATED LEONARD WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. FREE HIM NOW SO HE CAN GO HOME AND LIVE IN PEACE HE HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND IS NOT BEING CARED FOR. FREE HIM NOW.
Please save a Native American Elder,compassionate release is needed
This expresses my feelings exactly!
Please correct this travesty of justice!
free Leonard!
Free Leonard!
FREE LEONARD FROM THE LIES!!!!!!!!!! REALLY???????????? FORTY SEVEN YEARS???????????????????????????????????????????????
Free Leonard Peltier! Solidarity from Canada.
47 years!
Leonard Peltier is being held as a political prisoner in violation of the US Constitution. His immediate release and clemency approval are necessary to restoring public trust in the US Federal govt. He would not be found guilt if his case was presented in court today. His sentence is overserved and in violation of international human rights standards.
The fact that Leonard Peltier is still imprisoned shows the ugly underbelly of the USA. What stands as a fair ,orderly, merciful, and effective criminal justice system hides a system that is filled with hate and need for power. This case could not show this more.
So many facts about the false and misleading/mishandled evidence and prejudicial trial handling in these many years of his incarceration. It is a shameful blot on the reputation of this country as we continue to portray ourselves to the world as the home of democracy, freedom and justice. What a tragic farce as long as Mr. Peltier remains an unjustly imprisoned American Indian and U.S. citizen!
Free Leonard Peltier!
Free Leonard Peltier now !
Please grant clemency to a Lenard Peltier and release him from federal incarceration and all penalties associated with the actions at wounded knee. He has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 50 years for supposedly aiding a crime that didn’t legally happen. The corrupt judicial and policing practices that have targeted minorities and resulted in the largest number of imprisoned people is shameful, unjust and harm the integrity of the foundation of our entire society. FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW!!!!!
No comment just let him go
free the man enough is enough he has been wronged and the whites atleast owe him freedom.....its time we the people see the government do something right in favor of the people
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Dear Attorney General Lynch:
In 1975, the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (also known as the Church Committee) investigated the counterintelligence activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over a 25-year period. With regard to its COunter INTELligence PROgram, or COINTELPRO, operations, the Church Committee found the Bureau responsible for: violating and ignoring the law; exceeding its powers with regard to domestic intelligence activity; using excessively intrusive techniques against United States citizens; using covert action to disrupt and discredit domestic groups; abusing intelligence information for political purposes; and having inadequate controls, as well as no accountability. As you know, COINTELPRO was centrally directed and targeted a range of political dissidents and organizations. The stated goals of COINTELPRO were to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize" those persons or organizations that the FBI found objectionable, i.e., a threat to the status quo. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most notable of these COINTELPRO targets.
During the 1970s, the American Indian Movement (AIM) also was a target of the FBI. AIM activist Leonard Peltier was wrongfully convicted in 1977 in connection with the shooting deaths of two FBI agents and has served 40 years in federal prison despite proof that he was convicted on the basis of fabricated and suppressed evidence, as well as coerced testimony.
The United States Courts of Appeal have repeatedly acknowledged investigative and prosecutorial misconduct in this case—evident from the time of Peltier's extradition from Canada to his trial and subsequent sentencing:
"Much of the government’s behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated witnesses. These facts are not disputed."[1]
"The use of the affidavits of Myrtle Poor Bear in the extradition proceedings was, to say the least, a clear abuse of the investigative process by the FBI."[2]
"[W]e find that the prosecution withheld evidence from the defense favorable to Peltier, and that had this evidence been available to the defendant it would have allowed him to cross-examine certain government witnesses more effectively."[3]
"[T]he FBI used improper tactics in securing Peltier’s extradition from Canada and in otherwise investigating and trying the Peltier case. Although our court decided that these actions were not grounds for reversal, they are, in my view, factors that merit consideration in any petition for leniency filed . . . We as a nation must treat Native Americans more fairly . . . Favorable action by the President in the Leonard Peltier case would be an important step in this regard."[4]
Peltier also has been denied fair consideration for parole by unscrupulous, untruthful, and overzealous prosecutors who know parole authorities do not consult the court record and will therefore take on faith any false statements the prosecutors care to make.
On June 23, 1995, Amnesty International submitted a letter of concern about the Peltier case to then Attorney General Janet Reno. The world renowned human rights organization sought but failed to obtain an Executive Review of the case.
We agree with senior deputy director of Amnesty International-USA Curt Goering who, after the U.S. Parole Commission denied Peltier parole in August 2009, stated: “Given that the case against Peltier unraveled years ago, his continued imprisonment is only protracting a grave miscarriage of justice... When you consider the concerns that plague the case... it is unconscionable that Leonard Peltier should continue to suffer behind bars. It is high time for the U.S. government to... right the wrongs of the past."
We call on you, Ms. Lynch, to conduct an Executive Review of the Peltier case without delay, one that addresses:
•FBI agents' use of improper techniques or coercive tactics, as well as fabricated evidence;
•FBI laboratory personnel's use of poor scientific techniques, mishandling of evidence, provision of skewed or completely false testimony to support prosecution claims, or providing fabricated evidence; and
•prosecutorial misconduct such as courtroom misconduct; mishandling of physical evidence (hiding, destroying, and/or tampering with evidence, case files or court records); failing to disclose exculpatory evidence; threatening, badgering, and/or tampering with witnesses; and using false or misleading evidence.
This review also should include examination of post-conviction actions on the part of FBI officials and agents, as well as prosecutors, to prevent fair consideration of Peltier's applications for parole and Executive Clemency.
It is long past time to rectify an immense and evident injustice. The politically-motivated prosecution of Leonard Peltier is an abuse of power.
Conduct an Executive Review of the Peltier case now. Only through such honorable action, which is wholly in your power, can we be sure that justice will, at last, be done.
[1] Per Curiam Opinion by Circuit Judge Seymour and Senior Circuit Judges Anderson and Brorby, Peltier v. Booker, 348 F.3d 888, 896 (10th Cir. 2003).
[2] Hon. Donald Ross, writing for the Court in United States v. Peltier, 585 F.2d 314, 335 n.18 (8th Cir. 1978).
[3] Hon Gerald Heaney, writing for the Court in United States v. Peltier, 800 F.2d 772, 775 (8th Cir. 1986).
[4] Hon. Gerald Heaney Letter to Sen. Daniel Inouye (Apr. 18, 1991).
Updates
February 3, 2010
ONE THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE JOINED THE FIGHT FOR LEONARD PELTIER!! THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING OF STRENGTH AND I AM COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY BY THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE BUILT TOGETHER!!
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 1, 2010
September 17, 2009
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY JOINED THIS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE!! THE MOMENTUM IS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIC RIGHT NOW AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED TO SEE THIS GROW!!!
Reached 100 supporters
September 16, 2009
September 14, 2009
WE ARE BLASTING TOWARD THAT 100 SIGNATURE GOAL RIGHT NOW!! BLAST THIS LINK OUT TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW SO WE CAN SMASH THIS MILESTONE TODAY!!
138 Comments
Leonard needs to receive adequate health care, which he is not receiving at this time. Leonard is a hero and martyr to people all over the world and is considered President Obama's political prisoner. I URGE YOU TO HELP THIS INNOCENT MAN
The government has repressed Native Americans too long. Leonard Peltier needs be released, His trial and conviction was a political act with manufactured evidence while suppressing evidence that would have set him free.
Please review Leonard Peltier's case and ask President Obama to pardon him.
Please free Leonard Peltier now
It is past time to release Mr Peltier. Please do the right thing and let this man free as he should have been all along.
I have researched Leonard Peltier's history in great depth and feel very strongly that there has been a terrible miss carriage of justice. Please let this innocent man free so he can spend what is left of his life with his family and loved ones.
I have researched Leonard Peltier's history in great depth and feel very strongly that there has been a terrible miss carriage of justice. Please let this innocent man free so he can spend what is left of his life with his family and loved ones.
The man has done enough time,he has given his life.Let him go home and live out his life that is left!
Enough is Enough
Free Peltier now.
Would love for him to walk free before it is to late and meet his family he hasn't met yet
Growing up i have heard the stories, I have watched the documentaries, and i have prayed for Peltier. I am a Sioux Native from Fort Totten, ND and I really hope Mr. Peltier gets justice. Come home to us Peltier. Our people are forgetting who we are and what we live for. I pray for your freedom.
FREE LEONARD PELTIER!
Free this man he is and always was innocent of the crimes that are holding him for over 30 years
History is waiting. Free Leonard Peltier.
Please free this innocent man. Shame on scapegoating and blaming him.
Thank you
Please investigate , act and set this man free
Please
Our Government is wrong for what they're doing. You need to fix your mistake and set him free. NOW!
Leonard Peltier Free NOW
It is time!!!! His life wasted. He did not deserve this. His last days should at least be free.
No one should be held due to suppression of evidence, wronful ambition, scoundrels, and mere fact too many in this legal battle have said they did wrong by him.
It's time and long overdue to release this innocent man. Simply because he was there & a true investigation was not done due to ignorance and laziness on the government agents, all who were/ are involved. I wonder how long God will let haters go unpunished? This case is another scar on the government and the way they treat the First People! Please fer this man & make your wrong doing right. Also, you should reimburse him for his precious time and the suffering we all know took place.
If it were decades after the end of the Nazi regime in Germany, and the last Jewish survivor of the Warsaw ghetto were still languishing in prison, being punished for the "crime" of fighting back and resisting genocide, ignored by the mainstream press and media and by the government and by much of society - it might not seem that there would be consequences. But if this prisoner were to spend the rest of his life in prison and to die there, it would reflect a kind of shame on the German nation from which it might never recover.
this is the largest visible stain on federal justice in this country as regards original peoples. he needs to be freed., now.
It's time to grant freedom and serve justice.
Have Mercy. Long Past Time to Free Leonard Peltier
This injustice has gone on far too long. It is unconscionable .
PLEASE free this man. He has served his time. It is a stain on the government of the United States. Shame on them.
was literally just explaining about this NA activist in fed prison for last 20+ years to a friend & i saw this petition...!
Leonard did not kill the FBI agents Everyone knows it. It was proven in court in the 80's
Please right this historic injustice.
Do what you know is right!! Enough is enough let him go home!!
PARDON LEONARD PELTIER ASAP-DYING & NEEDS 2B HOME WITH LOVED ONES TO DIE
Free Leonard NOW!!!
I am appalled at the treatment of this case and this man. He has been held longer than Nelson Mandela by many years and it behooves you and our government to set this right and free Leonard to get proper medical care and return to his family and home. Thank you for your consideration and action on this matter.
LEONARD NEVER RECEIVED A FAIR TRIAL -THEY WERE OUT TO GET LEONARD NO MATTER WHAT
JUSTICE FOR LEONARD IS WAY OVERDUE . . . . . . .. WAY WAY OVERDUE! . . . . AMERICA OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE LIES PUT IN FRONT OF YOU.
justice is an important thing to protect.
Since Ramsey Clarke, Since Eric Holder, , , it's time for Executive Review.
Please.. for the long overdue justice for this man who has been incarcerated for so long, & for human rights & Indigenous rights; thank you
Cointelpro unconstitutionally repressed freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. It should be investigated. Many Americans suspect Leonard Peltier was framed.
Please free this man! There is no reason he is still in prison, he is no harm to anyone. Enough is enough.
It is pass time to set Leonard Peltier free. It is the only morally and justified thing to do.
Mr Peltier has served enough time. Please release him to live out his days in peace with his family!
in situations of injustice. we chose to remain silent we have chosen the side of the oppressor. Desmond Tutu
Please show humanity. Please uphold uphold justice and re-open this case. Show humanity to Leonrard Peltier.
A lot of time passed by, please do it before it would be too late. We need real justice. Now.
PLEASE FREE LEONARD PELTIER---NOW
Let this First Nation fella go free!
This is such a travesty of justice in these United States, the way all native Americans have been treated in their own lands.
The trial was a farce. I don´t know if Leonard Peltier killed the two FBI agents Coler and Williams in 1975 at Pine Ridge. I don´t know if he is guilty, but I hope and pray for a fair process of justice for him. Now it´s time for freedom for Mr. Leonard Peltier and to learn the truth! In the name of humanity and kind regards from East Germany, Ekbert
This gentleman has served too much time, please release him so that he can spend his remaining years with his tribe and most of all his family. He has suffered inhumane treatment, please set him free. He is no risk.
God Bless Leonard Peltier!
Free Leonard Peltier!
I read Prison writings and I honestly can't explain the level of sadness and down right anger I currently have towards my government.
Revisión ya !!
Free Leonard now,pm
Give him the chance to die a free man.
WTF; seriously!
The continued wrongful imprisonment of Leonard Pelltier is an utter travesty.
Free Leonard Peltier
It's about time he is freed.
please have compassion and release this innocent man, Leonard Peltier who is already 75. ty
I was a teenager when I first heard about the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. More than forty years later, I am disappointed to note that this man, who is definitely not a criminal, is still held in prison, far away from his parents, friends, home and land. France is the country of Human Rights. I do hope that it can be the same for USA. Please reconsider urgently Leonard Peltier's situation.
Everyone deserves a fair trial and when they don't receive it, the case needs to be reviewed
B"H The irony of the trial, conviction and sentencing is very clear. Mr. Peltier was on the Pine Ridge reservation to help those who live there to engage in constructive behavior, avoid addictive behaviors, and remain safe from the violent attacks by those nearby who are not part of the Sioux nation and who were coming on to the reservation to murder people, with no regard to the innocence of women and children. He was taking the part of a guardian of his people. This is good citizenship. The two FBI agents were not in a marked car, and they were in plainclothes, and it would not have been easy to discern who they were, but shots came from the car, so guardians of the innocents of the reservation responded. This includes Bob Robideaux o.b.m. and another guardian (members of AIM, an organization created to help Native Americans, from grassroots, be more constructive and law abiding, rather than be lost to liquor and unemployment) who heard the shots and responded and were acquitted. These men had an obligation to protect the innocents from any harm from invaders and it was not possible to discern who the plainclothes FBI agents were. Even the one who did the close-range shooting, whose identity has never really been ascertained, most likely did not recognize that these were government employees, on an FBI mission, and was acting on the motive of desiring to protect the women and children who were in easy gunshot range. What makes the story harder for some of us to bear is the realization that the FBI had been more closely looking at all the surrounding Native American properties in that region, as the Federal Government was seeking to acquire as much of this land and remove it from their treaty-protected possession due to the fact that it's rich in uranium, which is primarily used for nuclear weaponry, and even if used for nuclear power, can still be a source of death and destruction to large populations, and if the latter, in our own country. The Sioux in
Free Leonard Peltier
The continued wronful imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, is inhuman. No one should be treated as he has
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice anywhere." Dr. MLK jr.
Free him NOW
Conduct an Executive Review of the case of Leonard Peltier, and bring him out of prison to return home to his land and people
Treat others as you want to be treated US Department of Justice Mrs. Lynch and do what is expected from you; The Netherlands and the rest of the World is watching your mistakes. Make right what is wrong and serve Justice to Mr. Leonard Peltier (and his people) before it is too late: it is in Your hands. Do your homework and show some respect to your job. The clock is ticking!
I was born the year he was put away on trumped up charges, and thats just wrong, heck Trump is pardoning actual criminals over there, and an innocent man sits in Jail for most of his life.
44 years... whithout a fair trial. What a shame.
We sign together! Release Leonard home! 44 yrs. show some humanity please!
Freedom
The fact that a clearly innocent man is still in jail after this long is a sad condemnation of the legal system.
This man can not lose another day of his life to the corrupt prison system in America.
Free Leonard Peltier, he needs to go home and be with his family!
Justice for Leonard Peltier!
Please set this man free already!
Free Leonard Peltier!
Free this man!
Justice for Leonard Peltier! Do what is right and send him home!
I manifest the injustice of Mr.Peltier to bring him Justice and all of our people for all the wrong doings whitemen has caused our people.
Free Leonard!!
Leonard Peltier is innocent and must return to his family.
He is old and ill, you must release him now or you are showing the world how cruel the United States government is to POC
Free Leonard
How long must this injustice continue......Please if there is any justice in America free Leonard Peltier!
Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for too long.....If Justice exists Free him!
Leonard Peltier is an american Hero, anyone who practices a spiritual belief here in the United States, owes this man his freedom. He set his people free, by sacrificing his own freedom for his beliefs that ALL people are created equal.
Free Leonard Peltier and let him go home to his family!!!
Please bring justice to the legal travesty of Leonard Peltier's incarceration! Free this man finally.
Given that James Reynolds, the very US prosecutor who put Mr. Peltier in jail, acknowledges the unconstitutionality and wrongfulness of that imprisonment, it is beyond time to conduct an Executive Review, grant Mr. Peltier clemency, and ensure that the US Government begins to right past injustices.
Free Leonard Peltier and let him go home to his family!!!
Leonard Peltier is innocent of the charges for which he has served over 40 years in prison. He is now sick and old, and needs to be released to his family. Right this wrong!
LEONARD HAS BEEN WRONGFULLY PROSECUTED. HIS PROSECUTER HAS STATED LEONARD WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. FREE HIM NOW SO HE CAN GO HOME AND LIVE IN PEACE HE HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND IS NOT BEING CARED FOR. FREE HIM NOW.
Please save a Native American Elder,compassionate release is needed
This expresses my feelings exactly!
Please correct this travesty of justice!
free Leonard!
Free Leonard!
FREE LEONARD FROM THE LIES!!!!!!!!!! REALLY???????????? FORTY SEVEN YEARS???????????????????????????????????????????????
Free Leonard Peltier! Solidarity from Canada.
47 years!
Leonard Peltier is being held as a political prisoner in violation of the US Constitution. His immediate release and clemency approval are necessary to restoring public trust in the US Federal govt. He would not be found guilt if his case was presented in court today. His sentence is overserved and in violation of international human rights standards.
The fact that Leonard Peltier is still imprisoned shows the ugly underbelly of the USA. What stands as a fair ,orderly, merciful, and effective criminal justice system hides a system that is filled with hate and need for power. This case could not show this more.
So many facts about the false and misleading/mishandled evidence and prejudicial trial handling in these many years of his incarceration. It is a shameful blot on the reputation of this country as we continue to portray ourselves to the world as the home of democracy, freedom and justice. What a tragic farce as long as Mr. Peltier remains an unjustly imprisoned American Indian and U.S. citizen!
Free Leonard Peltier!
Free Leonard Peltier now !
Please grant clemency to a Lenard Peltier and release him from federal incarceration and all penalties associated with the actions at wounded knee. He has been unjustly incarcerated for nearly 50 years for supposedly aiding a crime that didn’t legally happen. The corrupt judicial and policing practices that have targeted minorities and resulted in the largest number of imprisoned people is shameful, unjust and harm the integrity of the foundation of our entire society. FREE LEONARD PELTIER NOW!!!!!
No comment just let him go
free the man enough is enough he has been wronged and the whites atleast owe him freedom.....its time we the people see the government do something right in favor of the people
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Leonard needs to receive adequate health care, which he is not receiving at this time. Leonard is a hero and martyr to people all over the world and is considered President Obama's political prisoner. I URGE YOU TO HELP THIS INNOCENT MAN