Leonard Peltier is an American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted and sentenced in 1977 to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment for first degree murder, the execution style shooting of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Peltier's indictment is the subject of the 1992 documentary Incident at Oglala, a film by Robert Redford and Michael Apted. Peltier's supporters present him as a political prisoner, although his murder conviction has survived appeals in various courts. Amnesty International issued this statement: "Although he has not been adopted as a prisoner of conscience, there is concern about the fairness of the proceedings leading to his conviction and it is believed that political factors may have influenced the way the case was prosecuted." Numerous lawsuits have been filed on his behalf but none has succeeded.
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HomeServices of America buys central California brokerage 2013-01-10 Leonard said that he's known HomeServices CEO Ron Peltier and President Robert Moline for about a decade. "This is an opportunity to capitalize on the resources and collective knowledge and experience," he said. Minneapolis-based HomeServices, part ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
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Moore, 'Hurricane' and Co. call for Peltier pardon 2012-12-20 “President Obama, do the right thing and let Leonard Peltier out of jail,” Moore said. “If not you, President Obama — who? It's got to be you.” The “Bowling for Columbine” director then touched on last week's massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, ... (The Villager) | ||
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Exclusive: Leonard Peltier Speaks Out from Prison on Denial of Medical Care ... 2012-12-19 Leonard Peltier, one of the nation's most well-known and longest-incarcerated prisoners, speaks out from the U.S. Penitentiary at Coleman, Florida, where he is currently held. Peltier is the Native American activist and former member of the American ... (Democracy Now) | ||
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Jackson Browne Calls For A Release Of Jailed Leonard Peltier 2012-12-18 Jackson Browne has called for the release of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who has been jailed for 37 years after being convicted of killing two FBI officers during an Indian Reservation shootout. Unless President Barack Obama commutes his ... (RTT News) | ||
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Common Calls For Release Of Jailed Leonard Peltier 2012-12-18 Common has called for the release of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who has been jailed for 37 years after being convicted of killing two FBI officers during an Indian Reservation shootout. Unless President Barack Obama commutes his sentence ... (RTT News) | ||
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Jackson Browne and Common Unite to Bring Leonard Peltier Home 2012-12-15 Throughout the event, titled Bring Leonard Peltier Home in 2012, grainy clips of news footage showcased the sprawling years of Peltier's trial, conviction and doomed appeal. Jailed since 1976 on a conviction of murdering two FBI officers during an ... (RollingStone.com)
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'Bring Leonard Peltier Home Concert': Common Joins Fight For Accused Man's ... 2012-12-14 NEW YORK — When Harry Belafonte asked Common to participate in a benefit concert in support of freeing Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving two life sentences for the 1975 execution-style deaths of two FBI agents, he did some ... (Huffington Post) | ||
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Bring Leonard Peltier Home: Benefit Concert for Clemency 2012-12-13 The Bring Leonard Peltier Home 2012 Concert takes place Friday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m. at The Beacon Theatre in New York City, organized to raise awareness about imprisoned Native American activist and humanitarian Leonard Peltier. (Huffington Post)
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Texas Secession 2012-11-12 Chris Dodd took bribes, clemency for Native American activist Leonard Peltier and the release of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning. The White House did respond to a petition that gained fewer than 13,000 signatures this fall: the petition ... (ABC News) |
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