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Last modified: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:18 AM CDT
Peltier to get full parole hearing
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The niece of imprisoned American Indian activist Leonard Peltier says he will get his first full parole hearing in 15 years in a Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison next week.
Kari Ann Cowan says the 64-year-old Peltier has not had a full parole hearing since 1993. He had interim parole hearings, which were less detailed reviews. A full hearing is scheduled next Tuesday.
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 has claimed the FBI framed him, which the agency denies.
U.S. Attorney Drew Wrigley in Fargo, where Peltier was convicted, says he has written a 17-page letter with the government’s position that he will make public the day of the parole hearing.
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