Leonard Peltier + Working within the system

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Dec 21 03:07:15 PST 2000


On Wed, 29 Dec 2000, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Actually, Workers Vanguard, my favorite newspaper, said it was the
> juries that were unconvinced by the government's case against the
> other two guys. Was it the judge that made the difference?

The two are related. The other judge allowed Kunstler wide latitude to bring in the entire history of oppression of American Indians. Peltier's judge threw out everything that didn't pertain directly to the shooting. Still, gotta give the all-white jury from Fargo some credit.

Michael

__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com



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