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Ned McDoodle's avatar

Having just finished the memoir, "Black Elk Speaks", yesterday, Mr Peltier's sentence ought to be commuted as an immediate parole.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5026755/leonard-peltier-denied-parole

He was defending his native land yet he may have shot F.B.I. agents down and wounded, an act for which he should not be pardoned. āš–ļøšŸ™

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NLTownie's avatar

"May have"? You shouldn't get life for "may have". It has to be "beyond a reasonable doubt". "May have" is 50/50 doubt. That's not "reasonable".

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Ned McDoodle's avatar

"may have" refers to the disputed accounts between the F.B.I. and Mr Peltier. F.B.I. Director, Christopher Wray, is a fine public servant; he believes that Mr Peltier should not be pardoned.

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