American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI agent deaths, denied parole

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-peltier-parole,0,1411297.story


BLAKE NICHOLSON Associated Press Writer

August 21, 2009 | 12:17 p.m.


BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned since 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents, has been denied parole after authorities decided that releasing him would diminish the seriousness of his crime, a federal prosecutor said Friday.

Peltier, who claims the FBI framed him, will not be eligible for parole again until July 2024, when he will be 79 years old.

U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley announced the decision of the U.S. Parole Commission.

Peltier is serving two life sentences for the execution-style deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a June 26, 1975, standoff on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo, N.D., in 1977.

to be a symbol of what happens to those who question and resist and fight against the occupation.

Shame.

What the fuck. :cry:

The Honduran oligarchy needs you now.

to convict people, either.

:cry:

Such bullshit. They're just vengeful assholes who will never admit that they railroaded Peltier with coerced (false) testimony and questionable evidence.

:grr:

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the feds will never back down and admit they made a mistake, because this implies the real killer has been walking free all these years and beers

If I recall correctly, the real killer -- who has been known for years -- is now dead.

They don't fucking care, Peltier is the symbolic "red savage" that they can take all their white supremacist hate out on.

Fucking racist bastards.

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We don't know who killed them, exactly.

What a shame this is.

A clear case of justice denied.

Anti-Native American racism runs deep--especially in the upper tier states and among their police, local, state and federal... This is so disheartening.

Just sayin'

the next step that has to be taken.

For some reason he has decided not to do so.

Always sending messages to the citizens who live in minimum security thinking they are free.

I have no words.

Leonard will die in prison before his next parole hearing in 20damn24. How is he still a threat after nearly 32 years behind bars. He has been treated poorly and has spent too long in solitary confinement, not to mention suffering a broken jaw and other severe injuries while in prison. He was, and will most likely continue to be shuffled around from prison to prison without notifying his family and attorneys for up to a week or later after transfer. He is being punished for being an Indian on daily basis.

I want to do or say something, but mostly do something, that would have me placed in similar surroundings, but I hold my tongue and watch what I do.

in Leonard's own words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-FIEYksM9I

by John Trudell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku8ga-krBe4


One day brother, your soul will soar beyond the walls of the white man's prison.

I've been calling the 'President' for 20 yrs asking for a Peltier pardon, including Obama.
I won't forget.