On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with civil rights attorney Jenipher R. Jones about the commutation of Leonard Peltier’s sentence. Jones, Managing Attorney of For the People | A People’s Legal ...
"There are no words for how it feels," said Jenipher Jones, Peltier's lead attorney in the administrative appeals and litigation process. "To be part of this and a part of Leonard's freedom ...
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
President Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in a case long disputed by Native American advocates. Why it ...
We met with the pardon attorney at the Department of Justice headquarters in December with tribal leaders from around the country and talked specifically about Leonard Peltier and what this would ...
More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two ...
One of President Biden’s final acts as US president was to grant clemency to American Indian Movement (AIM) activist Leonard ...
and the massive effort to push for Leonard’s freedom by so many is unparalleled,“ said Robert Gifford, a criminal defense attorney who has worked to secure Peltier’s clemency for more than ...
30 years ago on behalf of Leonard Peltier, when Senator Biden was then head of the Judiciary Committee,” said Robert Gifford, one of Peltier’s attorneys based out of Oklahoma City. Gifford ...
“President Biden took an enormous step toward healing and reconciliation with the Native American people in this country," said the attorney, Kevin Sharp. "It took nearly 50 years to acknowledge the ...
“Leonard Peltier’s freedom ... painful chapter in the history of Tribal Nation-United States relations.” Attorney Kevin Sharp of Nashville, who filed Peltier’s first bid for clemency ...
Documentarians worked quickly to change up the ending of 'Free Leonard Peltier' after Biden commuted Peltier's sentence.