Leonard Peltier has been held in Federal Prison for 36 years for a shooting on a Sovereign Native Nation's reservation land.
Regardless that prosecutors did not provide evidence beyond hearsay to demonstrate his guilt, he was convicted and has been denied parole without cause.
In late 2011, the National Congress of American Indians (representative of over 500 Indian nations in the United States) unanimously passed an historic resolution on Mr. Peltier's behalf and committed to securing his freedom.
On June 23, 1995, Amnesty International (AI) submitted a letter of concern about the Peltier case to the U.S. Attorney General. With no executive review of the case forthcoming, in 1999, AI called for Leonard Peltier's release.