Original sentence: At the August 2004 State Convention, the militant Native American activist Leonard Peltier was nominated as the party's presidential candidate.Party members who supported Peltier’s candidacy hoped to draw attention to his case and the effort to win a presidential pardon for Peltier.Peltier was at the time (and as of 2007, still is) imprisoned as a convicted murderer; however, his supporters believe that he was framed and is a political prisoner instead
Edited sentence: Election of 1968.Founding of Party.In 2004 framed political prisoner and Native American activist, Leonard Peltier, was nominated as the party's presidential candidate at the August 2004 State Convention.Party members who supported Peltier’s candidacy hoped to draw attention to his case and the effort to win a presidential pardon for the wrongfully convicted American Indian Movement leader.Recent History.The People's Party and the PFP