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WASHINGTON ― With just one week left in Joe Biden ’s presidency, more than 120 tribal leaders on Monday urged him to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier , the ailing Native American rights activist who has been in prison for nearly 50 years after a trial riddled with misconduct and a broken parole process.
Peltier, now 80, has maintained his innocence the entire time he’s been in prison, which has almost certainly led to him being denied parole. His prolonged imprisonment is so unusual that it prompted a panel of United Nations legal experts to review his case in 2022. In, they concluded his imprisonment is “arbitrary,” and the only reason he’s still being detained is “because he is Native American.”Peltier’s health has faltered in recent years.
“When I saw that Leonard was asking for clemency, I decided on my own, and I hadn’t talked to people or anyone, I just decided on my own it was my duty as the U.S. Attorney that was involved in the case to write to the president,” he said.The dozens of tribal leaders now urging Biden to release Peltier are hoping to appeal to the president’s pride in his legacy of supporting Indigenous peoples’ rights.
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