A Native American activist who has been imprisoned since 1977 over the deaths of two FBI agents is fighting to have a new trial and clear his name.
Leonard Peltier, 77, of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota is requesting that President Joe Biden take a look at his case and provide him with clemency, he told NBC News during a phone interview on Wednesday. Peltier, who is being held at the Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, claimed critical evidence was left out of his trial.THE UNPARDONABLE LEONARD PELTIER
Leaders within the Democratic National Committee's Native American Caucus asked Biden in a letter on March 17 to provide"clemency and release" to Peltier, according to HuffPost. Peltier and two other men were identified as being suspects in the murder of two FBI officers during a shootout that took place at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in June 1975, according to Reason. While Peltier fled to Canada, the two men, Robert Robideau and Darelle Butler, were found not guilty after lawyers argued they had acted in self-defense.
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