NEW: Leonard Peltier, the Native American rights activist the U.S. govt put in prison ~50 years ago, is getting what may be his last chance at freedom.
FBI director Chris Wray says the bureau remains opposed to his parole.
His statement is full of holes. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
The initial trial was full of irregularities, the FBI already admitted that they had no evidence years later, cooked up "aid and abetment" charges to keep him in prison.
At this point it's about vindictiveness and an inability to admit errors. Let this man go so he can die with family.
Even the initial report that led the FBI out to the reservation was literally a report of an unidentified Native man stealing boots from the JC Penny 50 miles away which is typically not the type of thing the FBI responds to.
The testimony used to extradite him from Canada was later proven to be untrue and so prosecution couldn’t use that witness in his trial— so this is a “plague o’ both your houses” moment
