Attorney General Jackley Statement on Leonard Peltier Sentence Commutation
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released this statement following former President Biden’s decision to commute the sentence of Leonard Peltier from life in prison to serving the remainder of his sentence in home confinement:
“The Attorney General’s Office strongly opposes this action and has in recent months argued against any change in the defendant’s sentence. He was convicted in the 1975 cold-blooded murders of FBI Special Agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler on the Pine Ridge Reservation. That conviction has been reviewed and upheld by no fewer than 22 federal judges since then. Former Gov. Janklow, who was Attorney General at the time of the murders, also opposed any reduction or change in sentence. I was the prosecutor in the Annie Mae Aquash murder trial that elicited the testimony from the witness recounting how Peltier described in his own words executing the FBI Special Agent by shooting him through his hand raised to protect himself into the face. The Attorney General’s Office will continue to stand with, and protect, law enforcement.”
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Why is Marty working so hard to release public statements on all these issues? If he wants to run for a higher office he needs to start being more personable. Do these press releases really appeal to the MAGA folks?
So, what does are AG think about Trump pardoning January 6th insurrectionists who injured police officers?
AND, as a state AG did he ever petition Biden to not commute Peltier’s sentence, and if not, why not? Because Peltier’s name is brought up every time a sitting president ponders potential pardons.
“The Attorney General’s Office will continue to stand with, and protect, law enforcement.”
January 6th police officers? Well – you’ll know soon enough, if you can believe him.