Dear Sir or Madam,
Mr. Peltier's highly controversial conviction is deeply rooted in
the Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror", when FBI-backed vigilantes killed over
60 AIM members and supporters, and terrorized, assaulted and battered scores
of others. There has never been any adequate investigation or redress of
this grim chapter of civil rights history.
I am asking for the following :
1. Please press for a thorough and bi-partisan
investigation of this case,
together with the FBI abuses which occurred during the Reign of
Terror on
Pine Ridge Reservation, 1973-1976.
2. Please press for a Congressional
Act declassifying all of the FBI and
related files in Mr. Peltier's case. Some 6000 documents, remain
in secret
files, twenty five years later. We are convinced that these secret
files contain critical information.
3. Please urge the United States
Parole Commission to release Mr. Peltier.
Mr. Peltier is nine years overdue for parole, according to Parole
Commission guidelines, the Commission has arbitrarily and capriciously
denied his release, despite his failing health and impressive record
of
human rights work.
4. The Parole Commission's abolishment
date is set for next year. Before
granting another extension, review the Parole Commission's treatment
of Leonard Peltier's case and others like it.
We thank you for your time and consideration to these matters.
Sincerely, |
