Leonard's trial was a frame-up that included falsified evidence and the intimidation of witnesses. Through the appeals process Leonard's defence has disproved the government's case to the point that the government prosecutor has come out and stated that they don't know who killed the agents and that if Leonard were to have a trial today they could not convict him. In Solidarity With Leonard Peltier , marking the day he was arrested in Canada in 1976. For web-site info see our prisoners page. Native American prisoners are now facing further persecution in California as a new 'grooming' code has been passed by the department of correction.
All prisoners have to cut their hair so it is no more than three inches in length.
For religious and cultural reasons many native prisoners have refused to have their hair cut. As the history of the twentieth century has shown, states love a good war. Like spoilt children, the mildest irritation is used as an excuse to invade, bomb and plunder other states. And where no real provocation exists, states will invent them. Sometimes for states wars entail considerable risks, they might lose.