Leonard: Political Prisoner

19/12/2024

The ​​National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) in partnership with Indigenous leaders sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, December 16, 2024 urging him to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

NACDL President Christopher Wellborn penned the letter, explaining that Peltier’s case is a “stark example of systemic racism and injustice within the criminal legal system."

LG, Joe Biden!

The ​​National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in partnership with Indigenous leaders sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Monday, December 16, 2024 urging him to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. Peltier, 80, who has spent nearly five decades in prison for crimes related to his invo...

07/12/2024

Free Leonard Peltier, Joe Biden. He's done more than 47 years in federal prison because of raw politics.

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14/09/2024

On September 12, 2024, Leonard turned 80 years old in Coleman Federal Penitentiary. Mr. Peltier has spent more than half of his life in maximum security prisons for a crime he did not commit.

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10/06/2024

Leonard’s first parole hearing in 10 years is today, June 10th, 2024. The private hearing is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Monday at a high security lockup that is part of the Federal Correctional Complex Coleman.

Kevin Sharp, Peltier's attorney, said the hearing will have witnesses for and against parole, including family members of the two FBI agents who were killed.

Sharp expects the hearing to last the day. The decision is required to come within 21 days. If parole is granted, the process for release shouldn't take long. If denied, Peltier can look at his options for filing an appeal to a federal district court.

The Indigenous activist has been in prison nearly 50 years for the 1975 killing of two FBI agents. In ailing health, supporters say this might be his last bid for freedom.

06/06/2024

Native American elder and activist Leonard Peltier has a parole hearing on June 10th. This may be his last parole hearing and last chance at release. His lawyer is encouraging all of us to write, email, and call the U.S. Parole Commission in support of parole for Leonard.

“Given the ongoing, unresolved concerns about the fairness of Leonard Peltier’s incarceration, that he has spent nearly 50 years in prison, his age, and ongoing and chronic health issues, granting parole on humanitarian grounds in this case is not only timely but a necessary measure in the interests of both justice and mercy."

Amnesty International is urging parole for NA activist Leonard Peltier. We stand in solidarity with all supporters of Leonard for the upcoming parole hearing on June 10th.

If you can, please send your URGENT action letters to the US Parole Commission via snail mail or email TODAY!

Email generator: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/to-the-us-parole-commission-free-leonard-peltier?source=direct_link&referrer=group-ndn

Call: (202) 346-7000

17/04/2024

In light of the severe health conditions and medical needs of Leonard Peltier, join and in asking Attorney General Merrick Garland to free America’s longest serving Indigenous political prisoner. 

Call the US Justice Department’s comment line today and ask for Peltier’s compassionate release at 202-353-1555.