Leonard Peltier, longest serving U.S. political prisoner, should be free

September 30, 2022 10:19 AM CDT  BY MARK TRAHANT

Leonard Peltier, longest serving U.S. political prisoner, should be freeLeonard Peltier, Native American political prisoner, has been in prison for 46 years. Demands continue that his unjust imprisonment be ended immediately. | Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star via AP

Leonard Peltier’s name has become a story that reflects other stories. One narrative describes Peltier as America’s longest political prisoner, serving more than 46 years in a federal maximum security prison. In that telling, Peltier has become a humanitarian and a 78-year-old Turtle Mountain elder who has been incarcerated for far too long.

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