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aint_no_life_nowhere

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5. Yes - I had hoped Bill Clinton would have released him before he left office,

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Wed Jul 22, 2015, 02:29 AM

Jul 2015

but it never came about. I remember the fully armed FBI agents who staged a march in Washington to try to convince the White House to not release him. The case against Pelletier was never convincing and he shouldn't have been locked up to begin with.

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Mr. President: While commuting the 46 drug sentences, you might have also freed Leonard Peltier [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2015 OP

Excellent point! nt 2naSalit Jul 2015 #1

The President could but he probably won't. doxyluv13 Jul 2015 #2

I wrote to the last 3 Presidents asking for Peltier to be pardoned... Freelancer Jul 2015 #3

Don Siegelman! markmyword Jul 2015 #4

+1000!!! eom baran Jul 2015 #6

Jan 2009 1939 Jul 2015 #8

Yes - I had hoped Bill Clinton would have released him before he left office, aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2015 #5

Peltier will die in prison. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #7