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Thread #140816   Message #3270430
Posted By: Jeri
08-Dec-11 - 09:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Petition to Free Leonard Peltier
Subject: RE: BS: Petition to Free Leonard Peltier
Conspiracy theories are usually birdbrained and just wrong. Not all of them, though. This one in particular has too much wrong to not be considered at all.

In the United States, one is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. One does NOT have to prove innocence to be found "not guilty". I don't know if he's guilty or innocent, just that the trial was a mockery.

If you look into this case, you may see that the FBI was a little too eager to convict leaders of the AIM and manipulated witnesses and evidence to get that conviction. There was just too much wrong.

I think a review by some court outside the influence of the FBI would be a good thing.