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June 13, 2000
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1) Leonard Peltier Defense Committee's Press Release
United States Parole Examiner Refuses to Consider New Evidence
2) A Disregarded Letter to the Parole Board
Leonard Peltier Support Focuses on Clemency Campaign 2000
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1) Leonard Peltier Defense Committee's Press Release
United States Parole Examiner Refuses to Consider New Evidence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 12, 2000
LEONARD PELTIER REVIEWED FOR PAROLE
United States Parole Examiner Refuses to Consider New Evidence
Native American rights activist, Leonard Peltier was reviewed for parole
today during a hearing held at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas.
The Hearing was held to determine whether there is any reason why the Parole
Commission should change their 1993 decision to deny Peltier parole. Today
Peltier's representatives told the Commission that Peltier's health, serious
family needs, and his positive program achievements were all reasons for the
Commission to reconsider their denial of parole to Peltier. They also argued
that the Commission's original decision to deny parole was wrong. They said
the Commission has yet to justify their reasons for denying his release in
excess of what their guidelines recommend.
The Parole Examiner refused to read a report from Dr. Peter Basch who, after
reviewing Peltier's recent medical records, determined that problems with
Peltier's health could result in "recurrent central retinal vein occlusion,
stroke, heart disease, and kidney failure." The doctor also noted that
several of Mr. Peltier's health problems had not been treated appropriately
by prison medical staff.
Attending the parole hearing were representatives for Amnesty International,
the National Council of Churches, the National Congress of American Indians,
and the Assembly of First Nations. Legal council included attorneys Jennifer
Harbury, Carl Nadler, and former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Jean Ann
Day, survivor of the Pine Ridge "reign of terror" also testified.
The Parole examiner did not respond to pleas from Amnesty International or
the National Council of Churches, and he showed no interest in the eight
parole plans offering Peltier housing and employment from various Native
Organizations and tribes.
Furthermore, the examiner refused to accept or consider the 10,000 letters
collected over the last three months from US citizens, human rights
organizations, luminaries and members of the international community
supporting Peltier's release.
Without deliberation or the consideration of any documents presented, the
parole examiner recommended that Peltier's sentence be continued until his
next full parole hearing in 2008. Those in attendance reported that the
examiner wrote the denial while the presentation was still being made.
Peltier's defense council will continue to protest the Parole Commission's
denial of parole to Peltier in federal court. Supporters will continue
efforts to gain Peltier's release through a grant of Executive Clemency.
Leonard Peltier was originally convicted for the murders of two FBI agents
on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. However, formerly withheld documents
supporting Peltier's innocence would later force the prosecution to admit
that they could not prove who actually killed the agents. Despite this,
Peltier has remained in prison for 24 years. Amnesty International considers
him to be a political prisoner who should be immediately released.
Call the White House Comments Line Today
Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
785-842-5774
www.freepeltier.org
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For NPR's June 12, 2000 story on Leonard for Democracy NOW!
Click: http://www.webactive.com/webactive/pacifica/demnow/
(scroll down half the page to story)
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2) A Disregarded Letter to the Parole Board
Leonard Peltier Support Focuses on Clemency Campaign 2000
The following letter was one of the thousands denied review by the Parole
Board. However, this letter by Flyby News editor, Jonathan Mark, was
published with minor revisions as a letter to the editor on June 8, 2000 in
the "Recorder" newspaper, Greenfield, Massachusetts.
The best chance to now end the unjust continued imprisonment of Leonard
Peltier is from his petition for Presidential Executive Clemency, which has
been in limbo since filed in 1993. The review for the Clemency process
usually takes six to nine months. In almost six years the Justice Department
has not responded to President Clinton's request for their recommendation.
Re: Leonard Peltier's Parole Hearing -- June 12, 2000.
May 30, 2000
Dear Parole Commission:
I have requested that the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee bring this
letter and enclosures to share my support for the parole of Leonard Peltier.
The volume of letters on his behalf is not nearly as significant as the
evidences showing his innocence and the unfair treatment that he has
received. He was extradited fraudulently from Canada. From a CBS-TV 60
Minutes interview, I learned that the U.S. knowingly used a false affidavit
signed by Myrtle Poor Bear, who said she was threatened and coerced by the
FBI to agree that she saw Peltier shoot FBI agents Coler and Williams. The
prosecution also withheld key ballistic tests showing Peltier's rifle was
not the rifle used to kill the agents. The Jury never learned of this and
other important facts regarding Peltier's innocence.
Leonard Peltier was at the Jumping Bull Ranch in 1975 to protect families.
More than 60 uninvestigated homicides occurred on Pine Ridge over a
three-year period. Those murdered were traditional Lakota, who received many
threats from FBI-supported Tribal Council Leader, Dick Wilson. On the same
date as the shootout, 1/8 of the Pine Ridge Reservation was turned over for
U.S. gold and uranium mining interests. Was this coincidence or related
during the time still called by Lakota as the "Reign of Terror?"
I hope you read Leonard Peltier's book, Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun
Dance. When I read it, I appreciated his courage, integrity and suffering.
The continued imprisonment of Leonard Peltier destroys U.S. leadership role
for justice and human rights. We cannot erase the wrongs of the past, but we
can go on in a better direction. Twenty-four years is a long time for a
human being to be in prison, especially when evidences of abuses are
apparent by U.S. justice and law enforcement policies.
Please grant Leonard Peltier parole.
With best regards,
Jonathan Mark
[Please note, you can subscribe for the Leonard Peltier Support Group of
Greater New England E-mail Updates by sending an E-mail to
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