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<font size=3>Sender: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info <br><br>
Greetings and happy holidays. I hope this letter finds you all
enjoying the spirit of the season with family and friends.
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My August parole denial was appealed in short order. We are expecting a
response to that appeal sometime very soon. It has occurred to me that
the viciousness of this system knows no bounds, and so I believe strongly
in the coming days we will hear of another loss, another denial. This one
will be timed and intended specifically as a twisted Christmas present
for me, such is the nature of those in charge. With no sense of balance,
fairness, or decency, I await my own personal stocking stuffer. <br>
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We all know the so-called justice system of this country is more about
revenge and retribution than finding true and just resolution. It
doesn't take into account the plight of the wrongfully convicted, nor
does it allow flexibility as human endeavors always require. This
system has always been about making money at the top, furthering careers
in the middle, and forgetting those at the bottom. <br><br>
Their reason for denying my parole is that I refuse to admit guilt and
show remorse for the deaths of two FBI agents. I know the
righteousness of my situation. I know what I did and didn't
do. I will never yield. <br><br>
I also know what this country did and continues to do to me and many
others. While they demand I make a false confession for the sake of
my freedom, they show no remorse for the loss of much of my life, or the
lives of Joe Stuntz and countless others they have murdered over the
generations simply for being who they were. Those lives are meaningless
when compared to their precious FBI, I guess. And now, some of the very
ones responsible for the deaths and suffering of so many of my people,
are peddling books and claiming to be a friend of the Indian. We've seen
this before, and I'll speak more about this soon. <br><br>
I remain proud of what I have stood for and mindful of what real justice
is. In this season of love and forgiveness, please say a prayer for all
of those who never knew justice and others who have such difficulty in
finding it still today. <br>
My love and my prayers go out to all of you. <br>
Happy Holidays,<br><br>
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,<br>
Leonard Peltier<br><br>
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