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LPDCUpDates and Announcements!
Saturday, January 01, 2005January 1, 2005 Dear friends & supporters, First, thank you for your efforts this past year & throughout the past nearly three decades. Your actions & commitment keep Leonard's hope for freedom alive. My colleagues & I will continue to do all we can to ensure that the wrongful conviction of Leonard Peltier will not stand & the illegal imprisonment of this innocent man finally comes to an end. We will not give up. We will not go away. In 2005, we ask you to stand firm. Join with the Peltier Legal Team & the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, once again -- as well as supporters worldwide -- in a call for justice for Leonard Peltier. INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS - Executive Clemency We ask you to write, call, fax & e-mail the White House to express your support for an award of Executive Clemency to Leonard Peltier. Contact Information: Address: President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Phone Numbers: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461 E-Mail: president@whitehouse.gov White House Web Mail: Go to https://sawho14.eop.gov/PERSdata/intro.htm INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS - Parole Sign an online petition in support of the immediate parole of Leonard Peltier: http://www.ipetitions.com/campaigns/parole2008. Invite others to sign the petition (see the links on the right side bar & at the bottom of the petition page). Or create & circulate your own hard copy petition. The text of the parole petition follows. JUSTICE FOR LEONARD PELTIER: PETITION IN SUPPORT OF PAROLE Convicted in connection with the deaths on June 26, 1975, of two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Leonard Peltier has served nearly 30 years in federal prison despite proof that he was convicted on the basis of fabricated & suppressed evidence, as well as coerced testimony. In violation of the U.S. Constitution & the government's own congressionally mandated guidelines, Peltier has been denied fair consideration for parole. On February 1, 1994, the U.S. Parole Commission determined that Leonard Peltier would not be considered for parole for 15 years, or until December 2008, after a total imprisonment of 394 months. This amount is more than twice the 188+ months to be served based on Mr. Peltier's aggregate guideline range. Further, the U.S. Parole Commission has failed to provide parole dates "consistent with the applicable parole guideline" to all "old system" prisoners, including Leonard Peltier, as mandated by Congress in the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984. We, the undersigned, support justice & human rights for all people of all nations; recognize that the U.S. courts, by their decisions, have recognized the undisputed misconduct in Peltier's case, yet have failed to take corrective action; determine the U.S. government's handling of the Peltier case as a clear abuse of the legal standards of American justice; & do hereby call for justice for Leonard Peltier in the form of an immediate grant of parole. NAME ADDRESS CITY/STATE/COUNTRY E-MAIL __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Completed hard copy petitions should be mailed to the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC) at the below address. ORGANIZATION/SOLIDARITY GROUP ACTION Renew your commitment & pass a resolution in support of justice for Leonard Peltier. Urge other groups & organizations to do the same. See a sample resolution at: http://www.peltiersupport.org/Welcome/Resolution2004-2008.html. Such resolutions will be compiled, combined with supporter petitions, & presented to the U.S. Congress, the White House, & used for miscellaneous other purposes. Mail or fax your formal resolution, or e-mail an image of the signed resolution to: Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044-0583 USA Fax: 785/842-5796 E-mail: info@leonardpeltier.org This year, when the new session of Congress convenes, the legal team will renew its efforts to convince the Judiciary Committees of the U.S. Senate & U.S. House of Representatives to hold hearings on government misconduct & the Pine Ridge "Reign of Terror". Information on the actions you can take to support these efforts will be released in the near future. Again, thank you for all you do to help win Leonard's release. Keep up the good work. Barry Bachrach Attorney for Leonard Peltier www.peltiersupport.org Posted by Webmaster@AIMSupport.org 11:27 AM 
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