There was never evidence that Peltier committed a crime, and the government never did figure out who shot those agents. AdvertisementMore than 120 tribal leaders are urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who has been in prison for nearly 50 years. Remarkably, so have some of the same people who put Peltier in prison in the first place. You catch watch Reynolds’ video here:AdvertisementThe dozens of tribal leaders now urging Biden to release Peltier are hoping to appeal to the president’s pride in his legacy of supporting Indigenous peoples’ rights. Peltier’s continued incarceration is a symbol to Native Americans of the systemic inequities of the criminal justice system in America,” the tribal leaders wrote to Biden.

Source: Huffington Post January 14, 2025 04:46 UTC