COLEMAN, FLORIDA — News out of the U.S. Penitentiary in Coleman, Florida that Leonard Peliter (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians) is in need of surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurism has renewed a call for presidential clemency by President Barak Obama.
Abdominal aortic aneurisms are dangerous and serious medical conditions.
While more information will be known today about Peltier’s current medical crisis after a MRI is performed, the the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (ILPDC) feels Peltier, who turned 70 last September 12, deserves to spend the remainder of is life a free man.