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Editorial: Court must exonerate Nisqually Chief Leschi
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
The Olympian calls on the Washington Supreme Court to exonerate Nisqually Chief Leschi, who was wrongly convicted and put to death in February 1858 for the murder of an Army soldier.
State lawmakers passed a bill to set aside Leschi's conviction. They acted after hearing evidence of Leschi's innocence. Scholars agree Leschi, an ardent defender of
treaty rights, was not at the battle where the soldier died.
"All eyes are on the state Supreme Court to see whether the nine justices will find a way to review Leschi's case and right a wrong that has hung like a cloud over the Nisqually tribe for 150 years," the paper says.
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(The Olympian 3/16)
Relevant Links:
Chief Leschi information -
http://www.leschi.bia.edu/leschiinfo.htm
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