Schatz Leads Group Of 7 Senators Urging President Biden To Commute Native American Activist Leonard Peltier's Sentence
December 01, 2022
December 01, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation and trial, which many civil rights leaders and legal experts have called unjust, including the U.S. Attorney who pro . . .
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, renewed efforts to urge President Joe Biden to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation and trial, which many civil rights leaders and legal experts have called unjust, including the U.S. Attorney who pro . . .