During the holidays, the atmosphere of goodwill and mercy traditionally
extends all the way to the nation’s highest leaders, with presidents
typically pardoning more prisoners than any other time in the year. On
Friday, actors, musicians and activists are uniting to renew calls for
clemency for one of America’s most well-known and longest incarcerated
prisoners: Leonard Peltier. The Native American activist and former
member of the American Indian Movement was convicted of abetting the
killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on
South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier has long
maintained his innocence; Amnesty International considers him a
political prisoner who was not granted a fair trial. We air a
never-before-broadcast video of Peltier from an interview by German
journalist Claus Beegert.Thursday, December 13, 2012
Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency
During the holidays, the atmosphere of goodwill and mercy traditionally
extends all the way to the nation’s highest leaders, with presidents
typically pardoning more prisoners than any other time in the year. On
Friday, actors, musicians and activists are uniting to renew calls for
clemency for one of America’s most well-known and longest incarcerated
prisoners: Leonard Peltier. The Native American activist and former
member of the American Indian Movement was convicted of abetting the
killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on
South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier has long
maintained his innocence; Amnesty International considers him a
political prisoner who was not granted a fair trial. We air a
never-before-broadcast video of Peltier from an interview by German
journalist Claus Beegert.
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