"After centuries of murder...
could I have been wise in thinking that you would break that tradition and commit an act of justice? Obviously not!"
Leonard Peltier’s Pre-Sentencing Statement
June 1, 1977 - Fargo, North Dakota
Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison???
"We can't prove who shot those agents."
Prosecutor Lynn Crooks in Court of Appeals, October 15, 1985.
"We don't know who shot those agents"
Prosecutor Lynn Crooks in Court of Appeals, Nov. 9, 1992, p. 12 of oral arguments transcript.
"...the United States is willing to resort to any tactic in order to bring somebody back to the United States from Canada. And if they are willing to do that, they must be willing to fabricate evidence as well."
Judge Donald Ross, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, referring to the coerced and perjured affidavits used to extradite Leonard Peltier from Canada.
"There are only two alternatives... to the government's contention that the .223 casing was ejected into the trunk of Coler's car when the Wichita AR-15 was fired at the agents. One alternative is that the .223 casing was planted in the trunk of Coler's car either before its discovery by the investigating agents or by the agents who reported the discovery. The other alternative is that a non-matching casing was originally found in the trunk and sent to the FBI laboratory, only to be replaced by a matching casing when the importance of a match to the Wichita AR-15 became evident."
Judges of the Appeals panel, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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