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Leonard Peltier to be Moved to New Prison

HeadlineJan 12, 2009

Native American activist Leonard Peltier is scheduled to be moved to another prison today. February 6 will mark thirty-three years since his arrest. He was convicted of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier has long maintained his innocence and is widely considered a political prisoner in the United States.

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