When can Leonard Peltier expect a decision from the U.S. Parole Commission?
Leonard Peltier gets first full parole hearing in 15 years By Associated Press 4:56 PM EDT, July 28, 2009 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier has had his first full parole hearing in 15 years in a Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison. Peltier’s attorney, Eric Seitz, says he expects a decision from the U.S. Parole Commission within three weeks. Peltier is serving two life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents during a 1975 standoff on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He was convicted in Fargo, N.D., more than 30 years ago. He has claimed the FBI framed him, which the agency denies. Peltier grew up on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Seitz says the tribe sent a representative to Tuesday’s parole hearing to outline arrangements the tribe has made to incorporate Peltier back into the community if he is paroled. John Trimbach, the son of an FBI agent who was at Pine Ridge, says Peltier should not be freed until he admi
