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Patrick Leahy Appeals To Biden: Send Leonard Peltier Home From Prison “He is exactly the kind of individual who should be considered for clemency,” said Leahy, who served in the Senate with Biden for 36 years. Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 2/04/2022
“I urge President Biden to commute Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence and release him from federal prison,” Leahy said in a statement. “Peltier, a prominent Native American activist, was imprisoned for crimes he and many other legal experts and advocates maintain he never committed. His trial was so riddled with flaws that even one of the prosecutors trying him has acknowledged that Peltier was wrongfully convicted. Peltier, now 77 years old and ailing with multiple health problems, has served more than 44 years in federal prison.”
Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier, who has been in U.S. federal prison for 46 years despite worldwide calls for his freedom, tested positive for COVID on Friday, Jan. 28.
Carol Gokee and Jean Roach, co-directors of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC) are hosting a press conference on Monday, Jan. 31 at 1:00 pm in Tampa to expose the failure of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to follow CDC guidelines and COVID guidelines issued by former Attorney General William Barr.
At 77 years old with severe health problems, Leonard Peltier is at great risk. Supporters are demanding his immediate transfer to a hospital to prevent complications that could endanger his life. He has diabetes, an aortic aneurysm, untreated kidney disease and high blood pressure. He also had open heart surgery recently.
Despite the extremely high transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the BOP had not provided booster shots to the prisoners at the Coleman I penitentiary, particularly to the Elders Unit, where Mr. Peltier is imprisoned.
“We are calling for Leonard to be transferred to a hospital immediately. He waited all day from 8:00 am on Friday when he told the authorities he was sick. He was not tested for hours. It was only at 7:00 pm that he was told the test result was positive,” says Gokee.
Roach says, “It is unconscionable that Leonard Peltier and the other prisoners were not given the booster shot. We demand that he be provided hospitalization to assure a higher chance of survival and recovery. Despite his eligibility for COVID release due to the pandemic, we are alarmed that he could face a death sentence by the BOP’s negligence. Leonard Peltier needs to be hospitalized, not just isolated in the prison.”
There is a growing chorus of voices calling on President Biden to free Mr. Peltier. On January 26, Brian Schatz, (D-Hawaii) Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, wrote to President Biden, saying in part, “I write to urge you to grant a commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence.”
James H. Reynolds, who was the prosecutor at Mr. Peltier’s trial, wrote Biden on July 9, 2021, “I write today from a position rare for a former prosecutor: to beseech you to commute the sentence of a man who I helped put behind bars. … I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr. Peltier was and is unjust.”
A national Change.org petition is calling for Leonard Peltier’s hospitalization and freedom: Chng.it/xChWLc5vT6 The press conference will be livestreamed on the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee Facebook page. Please join us at 1pm on January 31st at the link below: https://www.facebook.com/1525759891020315/posts/3055748038021485/
'Please Do What Is Right': Native American Lawmakers Urge Biden To Free Leonard Peltier The ailing Indigenous rights activist, who is 77, "deserves to live his final years among his people," say dozens of Native state legislators. Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost, 2/01/2022
Leaders of the National Caucus of Native American State Legislators wrote to President Joe Biden on Monday urging him to release Leonard Peltier from prison, warning that the 77-year-old Indigenous rights activist is in poor health and deserves ”to live his final years among his people in dignity.”
Leonard Peltier, Native American Political Prisoner, Tests Positive for COVID-19 Calls for clemency from legislators and longtime Peltier advocates have increased. Lexi McMenamin, 2/2/2022 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/leonard-peltier-covid-clemency
Supporters of Leonard Peltier ask for COVID-19 release Jim Monk, KVRR Local News, 2/1/2022 FARGO (KVRR) – Advocates say Leonard Peltier, the man convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, has COVID-19 and should be transferred to a hospital.
Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier? Gustavo A Maranges and Bill Hackwell, Dissident Voice,2/2/2022 But why should Biden grant executive pardon to an Indigene who allegedly killed two FBI agents? Recognizing the injustice might be the first reason to do it since there is plenty of evidence supporting Peltier’s long-standing innocence. https://dissidentvoice.org/2022/02/why-wouldnt-biden-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier/
Indigenous Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier Has Covid and Is Being Denied Treatment Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier has Covid-19. Decades of imprisonment in torturous conditions and multiple health issues place him in great danger. He must be treated and freed immediately. Sam Carliner, Left Voice, 2/4/2022 https://www.leftvoice.org/indigenous-political-prisoner-leonard-peltier-has-covid-and-is-being-denied-treatment/
