The Case of Leonard Peltier

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THE CASE OF LEONARD PELTIER

Leonard Peltier was an American Indian Movement Leader who was seldom convicted to charges of Murder . This was in liaison with his accusation of shooting two agents of the FBI at the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1975 . However , the same murder conviction sounded a mere American political imprisonment . To others however , they regarded Peltier as a very brutal killer who deserved murder conviction by the government or elsewhere serve life imprisonment in the jail . However , president

Clinton disappointed the supporters of Peltier during his final days in his presidential administration when he refused to issue a pardon to Peltier towards his charge . The shooting conviction to Peltier saw him get imprisoned in which he has served more than 30 years in prison

History has it that , the starting point in the political violence in Pine Ridge Indian Reservation started in 1973 after the occupation of the Wounded Knee . This violence lasted for three years . The ridding towards the America Indian Movement (AIM ) was censored by hiring of vigilantes by the existing tribal Chairman . These vigilantes had the title of GOONS . During the course of this violence many AIM members and traditional members from the tribe were murdered which was coupled with various scores of assaults . According to evidence predictions , the GOONS were responsible for most of the crimes . However , due to the presence of many FBI 's , there was primarily nothing done as stoppage to this violence . The present members of the FBI were actively involved in intelligence about the AIM Members . Elsewhere , the FBI did not respond appropriately even when the GOONS continued to commit war crimes (C :\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\Leonard Peltier Case Facts .htm

At this time of the violence , Peltier was AIM Leader . He got request from Pine Ridge on the protection and support of the targeted traditional people in the violence . Two agents allied to the FBI were shot dead . Though two victims were arrested in connection with the same (Butter and Robideao , They were freed on an argument of self-defense during the fire bullet exchange . However , Leonard Peltier was hitherto arrested on 6th February 1976 . This was in company of Frank Delvca and Frank Blackhorse . According to the evidence brought forward by Myrtle Poor about Peltier 's shoot-out , a Canadian court for the murder convicted him . In 1977 , Judge Paul Benson tried Peltier in the U .S at North Dakota . According to Myrtle Poor who used to be Peltier 's Girlfriend , she allegedly signed affidavits that she had seen Peltier shoot the two FBI members . Also , according to another FBI agent testimonial , the AIM agents who included Peltier had followed up the two FBI members until the tragedy was mentioned . During the trial activity the prosecuting U .S Attorney was claiming that the US government was providing enough defenses in regard to the most adequate FBI documents that concerned the case . However , there were many pages of defense held by the government (Ward , 2003...