mailed June 15, 2009

United States Parole Commission
5550 Friendship Boulevard, Suite 420
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7286
June 12, 2009

Re: Prisoner #89637-132

Dear Commissioners,

There is a man in prison who I have never met and yet pray for every day It is my heart-felt belief that he is innocent and has been unfairly imprisoned for 33 years But whether or not this is true, he is now old and sick and wants to die with his relatives around him and rejoin his ancestors as a free man His name is Leonard Peltier

If I had only one wish to be granted in this life, it would be that Mr Peltier is pardoned Please search your hearts and minds before you decide his fate because he probably will not live long enough to face another parole hearing

Peltier is not a menace to society and if indeed he is guilty, his penance has been served His record while in prison of art and good deeds is irreproachable and many many people would rejoice if he were freed

I was a young girl living in Montana when all the murders happened at Wounded Knee and I remember the paranoia and fear quite clearly Let's show the world that we are now past that horrible time and set Leonard Peltier free

Respectfully yours,
Vera K White
10901 Addison St SW, Apt 13
Lakewood, WA 98499