Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, at centre of controversial murder conviction, gets parole hearing
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal prison in Florida.
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![IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR NDN COLLECTIVE AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA - Thirty-five Indigenous leaders and allies arrested outside the White House this afternoon as they join hundreds of Tribal leaders and supporters in urging President Joe Biden to grant clemency to imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Peltier on his 79th birthday on Tuesday September,12, 2023 in Washington. A sign is shown near an iron fence outside the White House as several people are shown gathering. The sign reads, 'Free Leonard Peltier.'](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7230190.1718038853!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/free-leonard-peltier-79th-birthday-action.jpg)
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal prison in Florida.