Schatz Urges President Biden To Pardon Native American Activist Leonard Peltier In Final Weeks Of Term
December 04, 2024
December 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release:
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today again called on President Biden to pardon Native American activist Leonard Peltier who was 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. Since 2022, Schatz . . .
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today again called on President Biden to pardon Native American activist Leonard Peltier who was 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. Since 2022, Schatz . . .