[Ppnews] Happy Holidays from Leonard Peltier

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Greetings and happy holidays.  I hope this letter finds you all 
enjoying the spirit of the season with family and friends.

My August parole denial was appealed in short order. We are expecting 
a response to that appeal sometime very soon. It has occurred to me 
that the viciousness of this system knows no bounds, and so I believe 
strongly in the coming days we will hear of another loss, another 
denial. This one will be timed and intended specifically as a twisted 
Christmas present for me, such is the nature of those in charge. With 
no sense of balance, fairness, or decency, I await my own personal 
stocking stuffer.

We all know the so-called justice system of this country is more 
about revenge and retribution than finding true and just 
resolution.  It doesn't take into account the plight of the 
wrongfully convicted, nor does it allow flexibility as human 
endeavors always require.  This system has always been about making 
money at the top, furthering careers in the middle, and forgetting 
those at the bottom.

Their reason for denying my parole is that I refuse to admit guilt 
and show remorse for the deaths of two FBI agents.  I know the 
righteousness of my situation.  I know what I did and didn't do.  I 
will never yield.

I also know what this country did and continues to do to me and many 
others.  While they demand I make a false confession for the sake of 
my freedom, they show no remorse for the loss of much of my life, or 
the lives of Joe Stuntz and countless others they have murdered over 
the generations simply for being who they were. Those lives are 
meaningless when compared to their precious FBI, I guess. And now, 
some of the very ones responsible for the deaths and suffering of so 
many of my people, are peddling books and claiming to be a friend of 
the Indian. We've seen this before, and I'll speak more about this soon.

I remain proud of what I have stood for and mindful of what real 
justice is. In this season of love and forgiveness, please say a 
prayer for all of those who never knew justice and others who have 
such difficulty in finding it still today.
My love and my prayers go out to all of you.
Happy Holidays,

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse,
Leonard Peltier




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