Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.
justice and human rights cannot be maintained in a system that allows Leonard Peltier to die in prison,” read the letter from tribal elected officials published on NDN Collective’s website.
Directors Jesse Short Bull and David France have diligently assembled a potent history lesson about Leonard Peltier, whom ...
Leonard Peltier is 80 years old, has spent the majority of his life in prison. For decades, he has maintained his innocence over the 1975 killing of two FBI agents in a shootout on the Pine Ridge ...
But Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier remains behind bars. Over 120 tribal leaders are calling on Biden to grant clemency to Peltier as one of his final acts in office, warning this ...
There are Hollywood endings. And then there is the ending to the new film Free Leonard Peltier. Peltier had been imprisoned for well over 45 years when David France and Jesse Short Bull decided to ...
Leonard Peltier, a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), was convicted in 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents. Activists and human rights organizations have long argued that his conviction ...
“They treated Leonard Peltier differently ... celebrated in a post on the group’s website that Biden had not so far acted on Peltier’s clemency requests. A member of the American Indian ...
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band ...
Rage Against the Machine celebrated release from prison of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was granted clemency by Joseph Biden in the final minutes of his presidency. Peltier ...
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. President Joe Biden commuted to home confinement Peltier's life sentence after ...