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6 days ago · Leonard Peltier, the Indigenous activist convicted of the 1975 murders of two FBI agents, has been denied parole from federal prison, his attorney told CNN on Tuesday. Peltier, 79, has long...
6 days ago · Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole.
Sep 29, 2022 · Leonard Peltier’s conviction and perverse length of his incarceration are emblematic of the racist mistreatment of American Indians by law enforcement that existed throughout Indian Country for decades.
Leonard Peltier, the jury unanimously concluded, was guilty of two counts of murder in the first degree. In his statement before sentencing on June 1, Peltier lambasted both the judge and the federal government.
Jul 20, 2000 · In an extraordinary step, FBI officials across the nation are mobilizing to prevent a presidential pardon for Leonard Peltier, the American Indian activist imprisoned for murder whose claim of innocence has inspired a two-decade protest movement on his behalf.
Juliana Pannunzio, 20, was found dead by firearm in a short-term rental house (Airbnb) in the Town of Fort Erie in the Niagara region on Jan. 19. Also found shot dead in the same house was...
Crime Charged: Murder. Chief Defense Lawyers: Bruce Ellison, Lew Gurwitz, William Kuntsler, Elliott Taikeff. Chief Prosecutors: Lynn Crooks, Evan Hultman, Robert Sikma. Judge: Paul Benson. Place: Fargo, North Dakota. Date of Trial: March 16 — April 18, 1977. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence: Life imprisonment (two consecutive terms)
