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into the theft of a pair of cowboy boots. The
suspects went into a property called Jumping Bull, and shots followed.
This
developed into a firefight involving about thirty Native Americans and
over 150
FBI agents, police, marshals, etc. One young “Indian” and two agents
died. Fearing an official vendetta against him,
Leonard Peltier fled to Canada. Eventually he was extradited, on the
basis of affidavits
which were later declared false. (Quote from Amnesty; “Leonard Peltier's attorneys
were not permitted to call Myrtle Poor Bear
as a defence witness to describe to the trial jury how she had been
coerced by
the FBI into signing false affidavits implicating Peltier. The trial
judge
refused to allow her to appear on the grounds that her testimony could
be
''highly prejudicial'' to the government.”) Peltier was
convicted of
the murders in 1977.
In 1995 the US Prosecutor admitted that they did
not have any viable evidence against Peltier, and that a retrial would
probably
be unable to convict him. However, a retrial has been ruled out, and as
Peltier
maintains his innocence, parole has not been given. He is still in
prison.
About 1985, one of the Soviet newspapers ran a
campaign encouraging their readers to write to the White House
demanding
Peltier’s release. Many of these letters went unopened, and boxfuls
were
released onto the market. We have a number available, "as they come ",
at £1 each. Condition is varied, as they are often envelopes of
poor quality paper, or home-made.
For more web
information see www.freepeltier.com,
www.aics.org/LP/, or Amnesty at http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR511601999
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Murray Stamp Shop 5 & 6 Inverleith Gardens Edinburgh Scotland EH3 5PU Tel. 0131 552 1220 Fax. 0131 478 7021 Homepage; www.stamp-shop.com Email; murray@stamp-shop.com |
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Shop is open five days each week, and customers are always, of course, welcome. We carry very wide stocks of the whole world - much, much more than is listed on our website. Full shop information at this link. |