It is time for Leonard Peltier to go home. https://t.co/FpiKbNlqwP
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 29, 2022
Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Biden To Commute Leonard Peltier’s Prison Sentence
The ailing 77-year-old Native American rights activist “meets appropriate criteria” for going home, says the Senate Indian Affairs Committee chair.
Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 1/26/2022
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-schatz-leonard-peltier-native-american-prison-clemency_n_61f1dfbde4b094ce54a5b58c
Senator Brian Schatz' letter to Biden: https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2022/01/27/61f1e86be4b094ce54a5bbc1.pdf
Details on yesterday's letter to Biden from Sen. Schatz, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee:
“Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation."
https://twitter.com/jbendery/status/1486787138532392962
Schatz to Biden:
"Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation: (1) his old age and critical illness, (2) the amount of time he has already served, and (3) the unavailability of other remedies."
"Mr. Peltier should be granted a commutation of his sentence.”
9:08 PM · 1/26/2022
The Bhrat Express News carries the story:
Senator Brian Schatz urges Biden to Commute Leonard Peltier's prison sentence
1/22/2022
https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/senator-brian-schatz-urges-biden-to-commute-leonard-peltiers-prison-sentence/
yahoo carries the story:
Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Biden To Commute Leonard Peltier’s Prison Sentence
Jennifer Bendery
Wed, January 26, 2022
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to commute Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence and let the Native American rights activist finally go home.
“I commend your administration’s commitment to righting past wrongs in our criminal justice system. In continuing that work as you consider recommendations for individuals to receive clemency, I write to urge you to grant a commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence,” Schatz wrote to Biden in a new letter obtained by HuffPost.It's time for President Biden to use his vast clemency power
“Mr. Peltier meets appropriate criteria for commutation: (1) his old age and critical illness, (2) the amount of time he has already served, and (3) the unavailability of other remedies,” the Democratic senator said. “Mr. Peltier should be granted a commutation of his sentence.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sen-brian-schatz-urges-biden-010745244.html
Austin Sarat, opinion contributor The Hill, 1/4/2022
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/588159-its-time-for-president-biden-to-use-his-vast-clemency-power?rl=1
Darren Thompson, Native News Online 1/4/2022
MINNEAPOLIS — The American Indian Movement’s Grand Governing Council (AIMGGC) announced on Tuesday that it’s organizing a freedom walk for Leonard Peltier later this year, from September 1 through November 14, 2022.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/american-indian-movement-announces-walk-for-leonard-peltier
Tampa Bay activists to host a 'Free Leonard Peltier' event and film screening this month (January)
By Justin Garcia on Mon, Jan 17, 2022
Peltier is an Indigenous prisoner still being held despite calls from around the world for his release.
https://www.cltampa.com/news/tampa-bay-activists-to-host-a-free-leonard-peltier-event-and-film-screening-this-month-12716493
CLEMENCY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER LEONARD PELTIER
https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/96017/action/1?locale=en-US&fbclid=IwAR1_PKetFSLuIUx7TshnUgNEDI8jmvsMfsU1-vOjk0EfvxlpiGZk0Tkj7jg
President Biden: Enough is Enough, Free Leonard Peltier
By Levi Rickert, Native News Online, 1/30/2022
https://nativenewsonline.net/opinion/president-biden-enough-is-enough-free-leonard-peltier
'Tears of joy': Large turnout to Dakota memorial ride to honor slain ancestors
Jordan Smith, Free Press, 12/26/2021
Several others lamented the imprisonment of Leonard Peltier, who for 44 years has been behind bars for his alleged involvement in the 1975 killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier says he was present for the shoot-out, which also left one Native American dead, but steadfastly denies having killed anyone.
Riders carried a staff made for Peltier and had a moment of silence to pray for the man whom human rights groups designate a political prisoner. A 77-year-old diabetic with heart problems, Peltier has grown increasingly frail in prison.
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