Leonard Peltier: A Special Appeal
December 30, 2016
A Special Appeal
by Leonard Peltier
Over the past 41+ years, with over 20 years of good time (GT) credit, I have now over 60 prison years of time served. Under the Old Law system that applies to my case, this is by far longer than I was supposed to serve. Per the laws I’m under and that apply to my case, 7 years was a life sentence!! It did not mean that was all I was supposed to serve, but that I was eligible to be paroled and unless they had evidence to keep me in prison, I was to be granted parole.
In my case, I was to be paroled to the next 7 years, so in all I was to have only served 14 years. Next, there was the 30-year Mandatory Release (MR) law. All federal sentences were to be aggregated, meaning I would have to only serve 30 years. Many people have been released under the 30 MR law. Again, they could only refuse you a release if they “proved,” not just made claims, that you continued to violate the law. These same laws still apply to me today or are supposed to.
We have made a very positive gain in the last week, enough to open the doors to my cell and give not only to myself, but supporters and the support network what could very well be the keys, the avenue to my release that we all have hoped and looked for these 40+ years with over 20 years Good Time (GT). (Let’s never forget the GT as it counts for anyone’s release). I feel very good about this development. Just maybe I can go home to die with my people. But until I can leave, it is not over. We are at a stage when we must put it all into this campaign for my freedom. And this is what I’m personally asking for – your help, again.
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http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/30/a-special-appeal/
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