NAPO Press Release
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 1999 |
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NATIONAL POLICE GROUP URGES
PRESIDENT TO REJECT ALL CLEMENCY REQUESTS
FOR LEONARD PELTIER
WASHINGTON, DC - Today,
the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) urged President
Clinton to reject all requests to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, convicted
in the 1977 execution-style murder of two Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents.
In a letter to the President, NAPO’s Executive Director Robert T. Scully wrote, “We are aware that the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee has orchestrated a monumental effort to submit thousands of petitions and letters to you, in its efforts to obtain clemency for him. It is truly outrageous that the sympathy for Native Americans, based on the historical injustices which they suffered, has been manipulated to make Peltier a martyr for Native American groups and their supporters, including Hollywood celebrities.”
“Mr. Peltier was convicted after a fair trial, and his appeals have been firmly rejected at all levels, including the U.S. Supreme Court. No new information has come to light that would justify any grant of clemency. Mr. President, please do what is right here. Please stand firm against the pressure from the defense committee and others; please remember the families and friends of the FBI agents murdered by Peltier; and please consider all of the federal and state law enforcement officers who risk death throughout the years at the hands of individuals like him. The law enforcement community has faith that you will follow the wise and correct course and reject clemency for this murderer of law enforcement officers,” continued Scully.
The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) is a coalition of police unions and associations from across the United States that serves in Washington, DC to advance the interests of America’s law enforcement officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action and education. Founded in 1978, NAPO now represents more than 4,000 police unions and associations, 250,000 sworn law enforcement officers, more than 11,000 retired officers, and more than 100,000 citizens who share a common dedication to fair and effective crime control and law enforcement.
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