Essay about Leonard Peltier Should be Released from Prison

The Beltway Sniper case included two men John Muhammad, and Lee Malvo whom carried out attacks killing 10 people and wounding several other people. All of these attacks were carried out by using a high powered .223 caliber rifle. The ballistics processing was especially important because the use of firearm was the weapon that killed 10 innocent people, and wounded several others. This case was cracked because one of the suspects called police and mentioned they were responsible for a murder that took place in Montgomery Alabama outside a liquor store. The investigators that were working on that case found a magazine left at the crime scene, and they compared the fingerprints left on it to fingerprints of Malvo’s immigration record.

The unusual signs just prior to the Kennedy’s assassination led to some questions but everything went as planned because of the smoothness of executing the plan. Consequently, the Presidents car leaving the parade at ten miles an hour and left Oswald with a easier shot at President Kennedy. Also, the Presidents car leaving the parade through the new route was closer to Oswald’s hideout(John F.Kennedy Assassination Homepage).Subsequently,the new route disorientated the police guards at there post and it made the view for Oswald’s shot unmistakable at President Kennedy(Sneed 311).With everyone hearing a high powered rifle being shot, police had a tough time looking for the accurate suspect with a rifle because almost everyone in Dallas had one in there truck during the hunting season(Minutaglio 149).Thus,evidence showed that the assassination was well planned.

Al Capone still remains one of the most notable residents of "the Rock." In a memoir written by Warden James Johnston, he reminisced about the intensity of public interest around Capone's imprisonment, stating that he was continually barraged with questions about "Big Al." Each day newspapers and press flooded his office with phone calls, wanting to know everything from how Capone liked the weather on "the Rock," to what job assignment he was currently holding.

In the United States there is in extremely high rate of incarceration and mass imprisonment. Policies and ideas for change are being brought to the table on a daily basis. Is it worth it? Is the question that we always have to ask ourselves and will justice truly be served at the end of the day. Well throughout this course I have found that there is never a true solution to crime rates in general only ideas to decrease problems that have yet to stop rising. For example, the War on Drugs in the early 1980’s and the “broken window” policy in the mid 1970’s are both examples of putting water on the fire but never putting the fire completely out. These policy have

There have been questions about the morals and ethics behind prisoner research for a long time. Laws were even made to restrict and prevent research on prisoners. An example of such laws is the Nuremburg code which was made because of inhumane research being conducted in concentration camps during WWII. Prisoners are now considered a vulnerable population and research is extremely restricted because of this. Prisoners shouldn't be allowed to participate in scientific research because they can be manipulated, it can be dangerous, and they aren't educated/smart enough to comprehend the tests being conducted.

When interviewed about the killing of the two agents, Dick Wilson stated: “The Oglalas don’t like what happened and if the FBI don’t get them the Oglalas will. We have our own way of punishing people that way.” The interviewer then asked: “Shooting on the reservation?” to which Dick Wilson replied: “You said it. We’ll take care them.” Yet for all the forces aligned against them, the fugitives still evaded those hunting them. The FBI wanted three men in particular: Bob Robideau, Darrell Butler, and Leonard Peltier. They were the only ones ever brought to trial for what happened on June 26. Bob Robideau and Darrell Butler were arrested in September. Leonard Peltier had made his way to Canada, and while the U.S. government sought extradition, Robideau and Butler’s trial went ahead. The jury acquitted them on grounds of self-defense, finding that their involvement in the shoot-out was justified given the weight of fear that existed on Pine

Sitting Bull, the Hunkpapa Lakota chief (Robertson par. 5) was decided a threat by the government, even though he was not a Ghost Dance leader (Koster 25). On December 15, 1890 (Robertson par. 5), Indian police came to arrest Sitting Bull. He agreed to go with the police peacefully (Flood 34), but the other Indians in his tribe did not and tried to stop the arrest. Catch-the-Bear shouted, “Let us protect our chief!” He then proceeded to fire his gun at Bull Head, an Indian police, hitting him in the side. Bull Head’s weapon discharged while he was turned around and hit Sitting Bull in the chest. Then Red Tomahawk finished the struggle by shooting Sitting Bull in the back of the head (Phillips 18). The Indian police even shot Sitting Bull’s as he begged for his life. It isn’t recalled who shot the son since many officers fired at once (Flood 35).

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American Indian Movement grew into an influential force in American politics. Some notable events were their occupation of Wounded Knee as well as their occupation of Alcatraz Island. A few different governmental agencies such as the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FBI saw AIM as a threat. They launched repeated attempts to disband the group. An example of this came during the trial after the second Wounded Knee incident. The prosecution prepared a man to give false testimony to the court in order to lock away one of the leaders. “Agent Price and perhaps Agent Williams had knowingly prepared this man to give false testimony; or, at the very least, they had found his story so convenient that they had not bothered to find out if it was true (Matthiessen 97).”

shot. After doing ballistic tests on the rifle the police found a palm print of Oswald's on the

Peltier allegedly was in a shootout with two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Agents Ronald A. Williams and Jack R. Coler were trying to find a wanted man in the area in connection to assault and robbery. A man named Jimmy Eagle was the suspect and he was said to have a red pick up truck. The undercover agents had spotted the truck and called in that there was firing from the truck. Although there were many Native Americans involved in the shooting only 3 men were taken in and had to go through a trial. The two other men besides Peltier were let go on account of self-defense. Peltier was later arrested because a woman named Myrtle Poor Bear claimed she was in a relationship with Leonard and saw him shoot and kill both detectives. Later in court, Myrtle denied the claims and said the FBI threatened her into saying those things. All sorts of recanting and reclaiming words began. An FBI agent said that the agents were following a red and white van, not the pick up truck he first mentioned. Three teenage Native Americans said the FBI made them claim Peltier was the shooter. Pages upon pages of documents containing the case information were withheld in court and unable to be

This research is based on several journal articles, online databases, and textbooks. The information extracted from these sources of content is used for the analysis of this study. Furthermore, the information gathered from this research is specifically used to focus on the difficulties that juveniles face when sentenced to life without parole. Instead of having the opportunity to serve their sentence through probation or parole, some juveniles are sentenced to face irreversible damages. Thus, it is imperative to understand that there are programs through community corrections that benefit juveniles far more than life without parole. The information gathered provides society with a better understanding of the sanctions in the Juvenile Justice

Several minutes after the shooting, a local police officer discovered a Remington 30-06 rifle along with a wealth of physical evidence, as follows: an overnight bag containing assorted toiletries, two unopened cans of beer, a portable radio with the number “00416” scratched on its side, (later discovered to be James Earl Ray’s inmate number while a prisoner at Missouri State Penitentiary), a pair of pliers with “Romage Hardware” stamped on the handle, a Memphis newspaper dated April 4, 1968, a brown paper bag on which “Homestead” was printed and men’s underwear. Also found was a cardboard box that contained Bushnell binoculars and a paper bag and receipt from York Arms Company dated April 4, 1968, along with cartridge and some ammunition.

Why does everyone deserve to go to the same jail for doing different crimes? Multiple people end up in prison for the randomest things that wouldn’t harm others and others go to jail for actually hurting someone. I don’t think these people should be sent to the same place. They need to be taught in several different ways on how to change and learn from their mistakes. Prison is just like a timeout, which when they get out their life goes back to the same way it used to be. Instead of taking people to prison, we should create facilities for every type of crime for different people to be able to teach and change their mindset. The people who have hurt anyone should be punished more than the person selling drugs. The prison system in America is not fair and it doesn’t make a difference.

Prisons have many policies set in place to help aid inmates’ with adjusting to prison life. No matter what policies are set in place to help aid inmates they will always have a hard time especially for first timers. According to Frank Schmalleger and John Ortiz Smykla (2009) new inmates face major problems because of the loss of liberty, lack of material possessions, the depravation of materials and services, the lack of heterosexual relationships, and feeling unsecured. I think that inmates can be helped with the adjustment process by initiating and enforcing a program to deal with such issues. I think I would eliminate policies that are designed to make prison life unpleasant and concentrate more on policies that help inmates progress in their educational and rehabilitation programs. One policy that is very important to inmates is to feel safe in their prison environment. As a result there have been many debates on the rights of the inmates. I think the most important policy I would enforce is educational programs that will

It felt like to me as if the days seemed to trudge on, never getting anywhere. I sat up at my desk and checked on my Company e-mail again as I’d been doing about twice a minute for the past two hours. All of the mail that had collected overnight had been dealt with and there was little left to do, though I couldn’t go home for another hour and a half. I got up and began to pace around my office.