🔓 Calls for Pardon: Amnesty International Urges Biden to Release Leonard Peltier Before Leaving Office

Leonard Peltier is a man who has been in jail for a very long time because of something he says he didn’t do. 💔 He is now 80 years old, and many people believe that the trial he had wasn’t fair. ⚖️ They want President Biden to let him go home to spend time with his family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 before it’s too late since he’s not feeling very well anymore. 😟 Lots of people are talking about this to help him get the chance to be free. 🕊️✨

• 🔥 Leonard Peltier has been imprisoned for 48 years, convicted of killing two FBI agents in a shooting, which he maintains he did not commit.
• 📜 Amnesty International has written to President Biden advocating for Peltier’s clemency before his term ends.
• 👩‍⚖️ There are claims of significant prosecutorial misconduct and irregularities in Peltier’s trial.
• ⏳ Peltier recently turned 80, raising concerns about his health and the ethics of keeping him incarcerated.
• 🤝 Advocates argue that releasing Peltier could help mend relationships between the U.S. government and Indigenous communities.

In a powerful episode of Democracy Now!, the plight of Leonard Peltier-an Indigenous activist imprisoned for nearly five decades-was…