American Indian activist Leonard Peltier failed to convince a
federal appeals court that he was sentenced illegally for the 1975
murders of two FBI agents on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation.
Formerly imprisoned in Leavenworth, Peltier, 61, is serving two
consecutive life sentences at a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania.
His lawyers had argued that the federal court that sentenced him lacked
jurisdiction because the murders occurred on an Indian reservation.
The appeals court ruled, however, that federal courts have
jurisdiction over anyone who kills federal officers performing their
official duties. - Mark Morris, Star
Bad Leonard Peltier (anti-parole site)
Good Leonard Peltier (Defense committee)
Above: Leonard Peltier, Leavenworth Penitentiary, 1999
