Wikipedia - Leonard Peltier - interesting infromation can be found here. Seems to be creditable.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Clemency/petition.html
http://www.aimovement.org/peltier/index.html
http://www.leonardpeltier.net/
Please feel free to add any resources that we can all review, thanks.
Leonard Peltier was born on September 12, 1944, in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. He is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe and of Lakota and Dakota descent. Here is a brief biography of Leonard Peltier, with events listed chronologically:
- 1953: At the age of nine, Peltier is sent to the Wahpeton Indian School, a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding school in North Dakota, where he experiences physical and sexual abuse.
- 1965: Peltier moves to Seattle, Washington, and begins to work as a mechanic.
- 1968: Peltier becomes involved with the American Indian Movement (AIM), an Indigenous civil rights movement founded in Minneapolis.
- 1972: AIM members and supporters, including Peltier, participate in the occupation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs headquarters in Washington, DC.
- 1973: Peltier joins AIM's Wounded Knee occupation, a 71-day siege of the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which is home to the Oglala Lakota Nation.
- June 26, 1975: Two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, are killed during a shootout on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Peltier is accused of their murders.
- 1976: Peltier is arrested in Canada and extradited to the US to stand trial.
- 1977: Peltier is convicted of the murder of the two FBI agents and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.
- 1985: Peltier's first parole hearing is held, but he is denied parole.
- 1991: A federal appeals court denies Peltier's request for a new trial.
- 1993: Peltier is denied parole for the second time.
- 1999: Peltier's third parole hearing is held, but he is denied parole again.
- 2001: Peltier's attorneys file a new appeal, citing new evidence and witness testimony.
- 2003: Peltier is denied parole for the fourth time.
- 2009: Peltier's attorneys file another appeal, arguing that the government withheld evidence that could have helped Peltier's defense.
- 2016: Peltier's attorneys file a clemency petition with President Barack Obama.
- 2017: Obama denies Peltier's clemency petition before leaving office.
- 2021: Peltier's attorney files a new application for executive clemency with President Joe Biden. Peltier marks his 46th year in prison.
Despite serious concerns about the fairness of his trial and conviction, Peltier remains in prison to this day, serving two consecutive life sentences.