Leonard Peltier: US Parole Examiner Refuses to Consider New Evidence

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 01:06 PM 6/13/00 -0400, Yoshie wrote:
>The Parole examiner did not respond to pleas from Amnesty 
>International or the National Council of Churches, and he showed no 
>interest in the eight parole plans offering Peltier housing and 
>employment from various Native Organizations and tribes.
>
>Furthermore, the examiner refused to accept or consider the 10,000 
>letters collected over the last three months from US citizens, human 
>rights organizations, luminaries and members of the international 
>community supporting Peltier's release.
>
>Without deliberation or the consideration of any documents presented, 
>the parole examiner recommended that Peltier's sentence be continued 
>until his next full parole hearing in 2008.  Those in attendance 
>reported that the examiner wrote the denial while the presentation 
>was still being made.

What else would you expect from a government bureaucrat?  This is probably
the most arrogant bunch you can possibly come across nowadays.  Gordon
Liddy was right.

wojtek