Leonard Peltier denied parole

(AP) – Activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has been denied parole.
Peltier won’t be eligible for another parole hearing until June 2026.
A member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa tribe, Peltier was active in the American Indian Movement, which began in the 1960s.
The Movement grabbed headlines in 1973 when it took over the village of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation, leading to a 71-day standoff with federal agents.
On June 26, 1975, agents came to Pine Ridge to serve arrest warrants. Two were shot in the head at close range.
After fleeing to Canada and being extradited to the United States, Peltier was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced in 1977 to life in prison.
Mike Clark, president of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, said, “They were down, they were wounded, they were helpless and he shot them point blank. It is a heinous crime.”