Leonard Peltier Case

I believe Leonard Peltier should be discharged from jail. There are many reasons why he should be released and be able to join his family again. I do not think there was enough evidence to convict him for the killing of the FBI agents. The two pieces of evidence that I thought should not have been used against him were; the agents’ said he was driving a red pickup truck and they believed they had found the gun that Leonard used in the shooting. Both of these pieces of evidence are flawed and should not have been used to convict Leonard of the murder of two FBI agents. One aspect that was used by the police to convict Leonard Peltier was that when the FBI agents were supposedly following Leonard they had radioed headquarters that he was driving a red pickup truck. The police believed that whoever owned that red pickup truck was the murderer of the agents. To find someone to blame they pinned it on Leonard because he owned and drove a red and white van. The police explained that a van and pickup could be consider the same thing. I am to the understanding that when describing what a pickup truck is it is a vehicle with an open bed in the back, not a closed as a van would be. This is clearly not the same and therefore not enough evidence to have even been used in Leonard Peltier's …show more content…
If they did not blame anyone the American people would become upset and the police department would have earned a bad name. They decided to use insufficient evidence to convict Leonard of the murder of the two agents. The police said he was driving a red pickup, but actually drove a red and white van. Also the rifle they used as evidence could not have been tested. There are many other reasons why Leonard should not have been charged. Clearly Leonard should be freed from prison. The evidence they used against him in court was not sufficient and they did not have enough proof to convict