Three other companions at the same scene were brought to trial and acquitted. Peltier should simply be released based on government misconduct alone. Meanwhile Peltier serves time for a crime he did not commit. The European Parliament, the Italian Parliament, the Belgium Parliament, the National Council of Churches, Amnesty Internaional, fifty members of the U.S. Congress, Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Robert Redford, Alice Walker, Robbie Robertson, Willie Nelson, Nelson Mandela,Harry Belafonte, former attorney general Ramsey Clark, and millions upon millions more are asking for the immediate release of Native American political prisoner, artist and humanitarian Leonard Peltier.
Demonstrations continue in various international and nearby cities.
The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is responsible for coordinating international action on freeing Peltier. To date millions of people around the world have called for the release or retrial of Peltier. Dear Mr. President Clinton, I am writing you in concern of Mr. Leonard Peltier who has been falsely imprisoned for 22 years. Don't let Leonard spend another holiday season in prison. I am well aware that Mr. Peltier's clemency application is pending before the Department of Justice.