We have a unique situation; a rare moment in history; where Leonard may have a chance at a pardon, or at the very least, release, by the next president who has a strong history paralleling the plight of the American Indian. If Obama does not pardon Leonard he will die in prison for a crime he did not commit.
President Clinton was going to pardon him when he left office, but 150 fully armed FBI agents cordoned off the White House in a silent threat. Clinton did not pardon Leonard, but he did pardon a convicted drug dealer who was involved with his brother.
For those who do not know who Leonard Peltier is, he is an American Indian, the Lokota tribe, who was arrested and convicted of murdering two FBI agents, an act which even the prosecuting attorney admitted in open court, and recorded in the court... "We do not know who killed the two agents, but someone has to pay."
One other point, Leonard was convicted on the sole tesitmony of a mentally unstable woman, who was not present at the incident at Oglala. When Leonard won a new trial, the same judge who allowed this woman to testify against Leonard, denied her from testifying on Leonard's behalf, based upon her being "unfit to give testimony".
These two points alone should raise the democratic flag of "guilty beyond a shadow of doubt".
That is all I wanted to say. If you can find it in your heart to inquire, just Google Leonard Peltier, and you will find vast references.
My purpose in bringing this to your attention is to ask that you write a letter in Leonard's support.
Richard
Chicago
--- On Fri, 1/9/09, info@FreePeltierNow.org .. wrote:
From: info@FreePeltierNow.org ..
Subject: Urgent Message: Peltier's Transfer
To: ricoworld@ameritech.net
/> Date: Friday, January 9, 2009, 10:48 PM
Forwarded on behalf of the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
09 Jan 2009
7:30 p.m.
Thursday afternoon, we were notified that Leonard would be
transferred on Monday. We don't know which facility he will be
assigned to, but we want to ask everyone to email/fax the officials
at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Designation and Sentence Computation
Center (DSCC) in Grand Prairie, TX.
Email: GRA-DSC/PolicyCorrespondence&AdminRemedies@bop.gov
/> Fax to: 972-352-4395
Re: Leonard Peltier 89637-132
Inform them the Turtle Mountain Tribal Council has passed a
resolution to have Leonard there. In addition, there are two other
federal facilities, Sandstone, MN & Oxford, WI, which Leonard could
be assigned to which will allow his relatives to come and see him.
This transfer will offset his parole hearing scheduled for February,
and we won't have any information until Leonard has arrived at his
next facility.
I would also ask you to send up a prayer for my brother, along with
your messages supporting his transfer to these locations. We still
have his parole and clemency to concentrate on after he arrives
at what our family hopes will be the last stop of our 33-year-old
nightmare. I can't begin to imagine the insanity of being locked
away for so long, and the whole time you know you are innocent as
the rest of the world outside of America does.
This nightmare has to end now and it is going to take each and
everyone one of you to make an active stand to help end it. For years
we have said that Leonard could have been any one of you. Anyone
with a conscience, heart and soul who dares to speak up against
the government could end up falsely imprisoned or dead.
My brother was in South Dakota that day to help provide safety to
a community of Elders and traditional people. He and his friends
in the American Indian Movement were asked to come there. Leonard
didn't have to, but he is a very unselfish person, so without
regard to his own safety, he went to Oglala. Everyone can see the
Robert Redford film "Incident at Oglala", and Leonard's trials,
for all of the details about what happened there.
This February 6th will mark 33 years since his arrest and so much
has happened. A generation has been born and is having children,
many of Leonard's friends and family has passed on, and the world
has moved on. Maybe that is a way to understand what it feels to be
falsely imprisoned and to live a nightmare. A life sentence is really
a sentence of death. And being innocent is a 24/7 torture. All you
have to look forward to is another day like yesterday with tomorrow
being no better.
My brother has two life sentences to look forward through, and it
is his belief, as well as mine, that he will come home. Keep sending
us your prayers and support so that we can break down those walls!
Thank you,
Betty Ann Peltier-Solano
Executive Coordinator
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
----
Time to set him free... Because it is the RIGHT thing to do.
Friends of Peltier
http://www.FreePeltierNow.org
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