Hirono, Colleagues Urge President Biden To Commute Native American Activist Leonard Peltier's Sentence
December 01, 2022
December 01, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release and letter:
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined six of her Senate colleagues in urging 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 prosecuted the case. The letter, . . .
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined six of her Senate colleagues in urging 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 prosecuted the case. The letter, . . .