Destroying the Folklore and Myth Surrounding Leonard Peltier
March 29, 2015 Honorable Deborah Leff Pardon Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C., 20530-0001 Re: Leonard Peltier Clemency matter Dear Ms. Leff: President Obama recently announced … [Read more...] about PELTIER: USDOJ PARDON ATTORNEY
Dear Supporters: Harvey Arden has been an ardent (no pun intended), almost militant supporter of Peltier for many years. Helping Peltier with “Prison Writings,” the cover of which states, “Edited by Harvey Arden.” He continues to speak out to whomever will listen with his belief in Peltier’s … [Read more...] about PELTIERITES: WOW HARVEY! Just One Question…
Dear Supporters” “Friends of Peltier” recently released a well-made YouTube video entitled “Time for you to stand up for Leonard Peltier.” It featured a number of people, young and old, Native American and not, known and unknown, famous and infamous, all offering a chorus of “I will” and “We … [Read more...] about PELTIER: “We will” too…
PELTIER: POLITICAL PRISONER? Peltier and the significance of June 26, 1975, June 2, 2014 and June 13, 2014. Leonard Peltier has repeatedly referred to himself as a “Political Prisoner.” If we do ascribe that term to Peltier, then the Incident at Oglala—the killing of FBI Agents Coler and … [Read more...] about PELTIER: POLITICAL PRISONER? June 26, 1975
Dear Supporters: Thank you for your continued support and all the best for a Merry Christmas, or whatever you may celebrate during the holiday season, and for a healthy and happy New Year. This is the time of year when we try to set aside the turmoil around us and focus on positive thoughts … [Read more...] about PELTIER…the holiday and clemency
Dear Supporters: In the same blog-talk-radio interview on 11/3/12, Peltier attorney, Michael Kuzma had this to say about Peltier’s chances for clemency. (Footnote 1) “Well if you read some of the recent articles, in fact there was, there were a couple of articles published within the past … [Read more...] about PELTIER: KUZMA Part II and CLEMENCY
Well, that would be the plan anyway.In another effort to perpetuate the Peltier myth*, the LPDOC urged followers to sign an online clemency petition to President Obama. The LPDOC still hasn’t realized this is not a popularity contest and prove they are not reluctant to offer falsehoods even to the … [Read more...] about PELTIER NEARING CLEMENCY…
Well, not quite. And before Leonard Peltier and the LPDOC get all giddy and start salivating over the President’s first pardons (December 3, 2010), let’s take a closer look at the list and compare them to Leonard’s crimes.Of the nine, 77% had received probated sentences (in other words, no jail … [Read more...] about PELTIER NEARS CLEMENCY…
