Leonard Peltier
Date of Birth:
Sep 12, 1944
Place of Birth:
North Dakota, USA
Date of Birth:
Sep 12, 1944
Place of Birth:
North Dakota, USA
Biography:
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, following a controversial trial, was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment and has been imprisoned since 1977.