Former Black Panther, in prison for 47 years, denied release for the ninth time

[Haggis for Breakfast]

11. Leonard Peltier is STILL in federal prison, too.

He was given two life sentences. Life sentences (at the time) were deemed to be 20 years. He's now entering his 43rd year incarcerated for crimes he did not commit, and the feds damn well know it: they've known it since 1975, when they manufactured evidence and presented false testimony against him. The forensics are so solid, that if this were anyone else, they'd have been freed long ago. He is now 74 years old and in failing health. Every time his attorneys have petitioned for parole the feds have refused to even consider it. They are now trying to seek clemency for him due to his deteriorating health. I doubt that this latest effort will work either. He deserves to walk the earth a free man, breath the free air, see the sun without bars, hold his great-grandchildren one last time.

Talk about a travesty of justice . . . .

Walk in beauty, Brother Leonard.