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January 12, 2009

Leonard Peltier to be Moved to New Prison
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Native American activist Leonard Peltier is scheduled to be moved to
another prison today. February 6 will mark thirty-three years since his
arrest. He was convicted of killing two FBI agents during a shootout on
the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier has long maintained
his innocence and is widely considered a political prisoner in the
United States.



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