[Pnews] Take action - Leonard Peltier - More than 46 years is enough

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Hi friend,

This is a somber week at Amnesty.

Forty-six years ago, on April 18, Leonard Peltier was convicted for the 
killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. While 
the serious and tragic nature of the incident has always been clear, 
Amnesty and many others have long had concerns about the fairness of his 
trial. Decade after decade, Leonard Peltier has always maintained his 
innocence.

Now, at 78 years old, Peltier has spent more than 46 years in prison, 
serving two consecutive life sentences, including years in solitary 
confinement. He suffers from several serious health conditions — and 
he’s even more at risk after contracting COVID-19 last year.

That’s why we’re calling on President Joe Biden to finally grant 
clemency for Leonard Peltier. 
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President Biden committed to broadly use his clemency power during his 
administration.^1 Still, no decision has been made on the petition 
Leonard Peltier’s attorney applied for in July 2021. Biden must act in 
the interest of justice and grant Leonard Peltier clemency on 
humanitarian grounds.

Leonard Peltier 
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Demand clemency for Leonard Peltier today 
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My mom was a longtime Amnesty member and I grew up with Amnesty meetings 
in my living room. As a child, my friends and I joined the letter 
writing on behalf of unjustly detained people in prisons. We drew 
pictures with simple messages of hope. I was forever changed when a man 
we wrote letters for was finally released and even came to my house for 
a gathering!

My mom and Amnesty International taught me that simple acts of everyday 
activism can change people’s lives.

I’ve known about the injustice of Leonard Peltier’s case and I’ve 
advocated for him for decades and the larger tragedy of Pine Ridge and 
what has been described as the FBI’s reign of terror on this Indigenous 
community. Not only has Leonard Peltier spent more than 47 years in 
prison between the USA and Canada despite maintaining his innocence, no 
one has ever been held accountable for the death that day of Joe Stuntz, 
a young American Indian Movement activist.

After former President Obama’s confounding denial of his clemency, 
Leonard Peltier’s case became a priority for me because time is quickly 
running out for him — and this continued inhumanity is absolutely 
unacceptable.

I hope you will join us in taking action together to help Leonard 
Peltier spend the time he has left with his community.

Please join in the urgent call on President Biden to free Leonard 
Peltier now! Together, our voices can make a difference. 
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Over the many years since Leonard Peltier’s conviction, more and more 
people have called for his clemency, including the late Archbishop 
Desmond Tutu, other Nobel Peace Laureates, former FBI agents, Tribal 
Nations, state legislators and a growing number of members of Congress. 
James H. Reynolds, the U.S. Attorney whose office handled Leonard 
Peltier’s criminal case prosecution and appeal, has said,

“Leonard Peltier’s conviction and continued incarceration is a testament 
to a time and a system of justice that no longer has a place in our 
society.”

Join them by adding your name: Tell President Biden that he must grant 
Leonard Peltier clemency now. 
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Thank you for all that you do,

Gavrilah Wells
Coordinator for AIUSA Group 30, San Francisco

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