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This petition calls for the immediate full pardon and release of an aged, blind, native American indian Vietnam Veteran who has allegedley been abused in the Texas Prison System.

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Number	Date	Name	Age	Gender	City	State	Zip/Postal Code	Country	List your civic or military background please.	Optional Comments	Link or URL	Comments
2,486	12:59 pm PDT, Aug 28	Sandra Indian2Spirit Druba	0	Female	Kenosha	Wisconsin	53142	United States	none	No Comment
2,485	8:21 am PDT, Aug 9	Cougar RiverOak	17	Male	Rochester	Massachusetts	02770	United States	Student	This goes to show how much "freedom" we really have. May the Spirits bless this man and help him through these difficult times.
2,484	3:50 pm PDT, Aug 2	Marion Young	57	Female	California City	California	93505	United States	NA	NA
2,483	12:47 pm PDT, Jul 19	libby best	0	Female	ladson	South Carolina	29456	United States	none...but my children served, and some of my ancestors	none
2,482	5:22 am PDT, Jun 26	Dawn Smoke	59	Female	Bowen Island		V0N1G0	Canada	Mohawk Artisan	Over and over again We have seen white mans justice , it's fine to speak the words but the eyes, heart and spirit are too often disconnected ...May the Creator give Iron Thunderhorse and His Family direction ...My prayers are with You Brother....
2,481	5:20 pm PDT, May 13	Rebecca Burns	0	Female	Princeton	New Jersey	08540	United States	Many family members fought in wars. That includes both my grandparents. If I were old enough, I'd be fighting in Iran. Speaking of Iran, my cousin is out there fighting now.	I don't believe we should be able to vote with wars if you want others to fight for you. I believe we should fight for our country. What if we die? At least it is a death of honor!
2,480	7:44 pm PDT, May 12	Laura MacMillan	45	Female	Farmington Hls	Michigan	48335	United States	Daughter of a Veteran,Volunteer for Emergency Animal rescue service following Katrina also Veterinary Assistant.	it is a disgrace that Texas would prison a veteran in this condition after serving our country who is now disabled.Pardon is in order immediatly.	lrmacmillan@care2.com
2,479	12:29 pm PDT, May 10	Donald French	45	Male	Knoxville	Iowa	50138	United States	Eight-year US Army vet.	NO ONE who honorably served his country deserves to be mistreated.
2,478	12:48 pm PDT, Apr 25	Karen Fletcher	49	Female	Huntsville	Texas	77320	United States	Victim volunteer for a restoring peace program in the prison	I do not believe any of us deserve to be treated like animals and the treatment of Iron Thunderhorse just makes me sad. I can't believe that our state officials would allow this to continue. He a a human being and should be treated with some dignaty regardless of the fact that he is behind bars. I am ashamed and saddened that this state treats offenders this way. God Bless this man and I pray that he gets his freedom soon.
2,477	12:15 pm PDT, Apr 24	Tim MacSweeney	0	Male	Woodbury	Connecticut	06798	United States	Musician, Health Care Worker	Let's have justice...
2,476	6:53 am PDT, Apr 1	Gene Gauthier	37	Male	spring	Texas	77388	United States	navy veteran	n/a
2,475	11:56 pm PDT, Mar 31	Mary Geiurt	0	Female	chicago	Illinois	60609	United States	too numerous to mention	This petition needs more signatures. It's taking too long to get them.
2,474	9:31 am PDT, Mar 28	Ginger Geronimo	30	Female	Birmingham	Alabama	35235	United States	None	If he's being abused, then something needs to be done.
2,473	5:45 pm PDT, Mar 10	Cynthia Benedict	50	Female	North Vancouver		V7M 1N3	Canada	none	none
2,472	1:17 pm PST, Mar 7	Larry Westbrook	62	Male	Grants Pass	Oregon	97527	United States	USMC Viet Nam Veteran, 100% disabled PTSD recently diagnosed with Hep C. Another benefit for service to our country. Service is one thing, owning up to the responsibility for those who served is another.	Another hero bites the dust. America, the land of the brave and the free. Many are the brave but free is state of mind. Obviously this brave hero has lost his free state of mind. When we grow to know to much we put ourselves at great risk. Those that are the powers that be need to free this man, regardless of the outcome. He bit the bullet, now the MAN should.
2,471	1:38 pm PST, Feb 24	Lissette Gomez	39	Female	Lecheria		6016	Venezuela	Not a US citizen	N/A
2,470	8:44 am PST, Feb 24	Michael Sandstrom	55	Male	Greeneville	Tennessee	37743	United States	Vet Nam Vet 1970-1973	DO THE RIGHT THING!!
2,469	6:11 am PST, Feb 24	David Hicks	55	Male	Ashford	Alabama	36312	United States	Sgt. in Alabama Air National Guard 1971-1977.	Enough is enough.You have Peltier using lies, manufactured evidence,disallowing crutial defense evidence by order of the judge, and terrorist tactics to get affidavits signed to effect the Fed's case, knowing that they were totally false. Pardon IRON THUNDERHORSE
2,468	9:14 pm PST, Feb 23	Carole Sarcinello	57	Female	Culver City	California	90230	United States	None	His (my) people have been repeatedly abused and misused; and yet he served "your" country -- your continuous re-abuse of indigenous people is becoming repetitious and ahborrent. Devote your energies toward something positive for this country.
2,467	9:06 pm PST, Feb 23	DR NEILSON PHD	0	Female	Navarre Beach	Florida	32566	United States	Come from long line of those who have served their country.	Please Free IRON THUNDERHORSE! Who deserves better! Have a Heart!		Please Free This Native Veteran! He has suffered enough. Please let Iron Thunderhorse free to go home now.
2,466	6:15 pm PST, Feb 22	Sacha Defoy	27	Female	Santa Cruz	California	95062	United States	none	Please release these women!
2,465	7:55 pm PST, Feb 19	Patty Lewis	52	Female	Greensburg	Pennsylvania	15601	United States	factory worker	Help the true American...!!!!! God Bless
2,464	4:13 pm PST, Feb 13	Melissa Lalonde	18	Female	Toronto		M5S2E2	Canada	none.	they fought for us, we must fight for them.
2,463	5:09 pm PST, Feb 10	Christine Taylor	0	Female	Deltona	Florida	32738	United States	none	equal rights
2,462	4:02 pm PST, Jan 31	Lyle Olson	31	Male	mitchell	South Dakota	57301	United States	former Army	this law should be overturned and the government should not be hidding these things from everyone!
2,461	10:09 am PST, Jan 30	Lyn Rennick	0	Female	London			United Kingdom	None	Please let this man be free...free from torture and free to live a life..one which has been taken from him!
2,460	4:03 pm PST, Jan 23	Sonja Mantchorov	51	Female	kingswood			United Kingdom	Just one of the many fighters for justice and PEACE!!!!!!	I hope one day we will all have all the colours of the rainbow on our skins...and we can live as one! I hate war. I hate weapons. I hate the people that make and/or sell weapons. I hate power and money and the many ways that are being used to get it.
2,459	5:17 pm PST, Jan 5	BETTY ROUNDHEAD	55	Female	Bartow	Florida	33830	United States	i am a vietnam vet and a activist and writer	please release this american indian and all the others that u r unfairly holding and mistreating...
2,458	6:37 pm PST, Dec 30	Pamela Bond	63	Female	Lebanon	Oregon	97355	United States	retired letter carrier	none
2,457	9:40 am PST, Dec 27	Anonymous	27	Female	Stuttgart		70199	Germany	NO	NO
2,456	8:50 pm PST, Dec 15	james francis	0	Male	succasunna	New Jersey	07876	United States	silversmith	?
2,455	4:26 pm PST, Dec 3	Victoria Mary Stong / Civil Rights Activist	44	Female	Long Island City	New York	11101	United States	I'm a Humanitarian, 9/11 Family Member, Former 1st Responder & Ground Zero Volunteer Worker 9/11-11/10/01, Peacemaker & Civil Rights and Community Activist-Well Seasoned~~~~~~~Racism is an insult to God!~~~~~~~	PLEASE PARDON HIM NOW? HE'S ALREADY PAYED HIS DUE AND DONE ENOUGH TIME!
2,454	7:02 am PST, Dec 2	Oso Blanco Defense Committee	40	Male	Beaumont	Texas	77720	United States	revolutionary	Release him!
2,453	2:30 am PST, Nov 27	Marieka Liewes	33	Female	Melbourne		3182	Australia	None	None
2,452	1:26 am PST, Nov 19	Eagle Owl	49	Female	Liskeard		PL14 3QJ	United Kingdom	Homemaker and mother, interested in the Native American people and their welfare.	The Native American people need to be treated as equals, as that is what they are. They've been abused for far too long!
2,451	8:24 pm PST, Nov 17	Harold Self	63	Male	Little Switzerland	North Carolina	28749	United States	None	NoNe

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Petition For The Pardon and Release of Abused Vietnam Veteran & Veteran Advocate IRON THUNDERHORSE

We, the undersigned, call for the immediate pardon and release of Vietnam Veteran and Veteran Advocate IRON THUNDERHORSE from the Texas State Prison System.

Myself and many other concerned veterans are reading credible reports of this brave war hero being sytematically abused and / or neglected while being incarcerated in Livingston Texas. There are reports that he was shot in the arm at point blank range in 1992 and no longer has the functioning use of that limb. We have also read that he is aged, blind, and has a variety of other health problems that require immediate and compassionate medical treatment. It is our sincere wish that our fellow veteran be allowed to be placed into the immediate care of his wife and be allowed to seek medical treatment at a facility of his own choosing.

Furthermore, we call upon President George W. Bush, the Congress of the United States of America, and the governor of Texas to initiate a swift congressional investigation made up of members of Congress from outside of the State of Texas as well as including a representative sampling of Congressmen from within the State of Texas to fully look into this matter in regards to blatent assault on a helpless prisoner while in custody, neglect of his physical and mental care, and other concerns such as reports of interference or denial of his freedom to practice his Native American Religious Customs.

We pray on this Memorial Day, May 30th, 2005, that those who govern our great nation would show compassion on the suffering of our fellow vet as a sign of good faith between our elected officials and the brave men and women active duty and veteran personnel of this great nation.

In closing, we also call for the overturn of the FERES DOCTRINE which has victimized countless active duty and veteran personnel by limiting their ability to seek justice or recourse when they are adversely affected by government sponsored events. We feel that active duty soldiers and veterans should never have the rights afforded to them by the BILL OF RIGHTS be denied�them in any way, shape or form�; neither �while in the line of duty, nor�as veterans.

May GOD Bless America, it's citizens, and it's veterans�!

And May The Holy Spirit Be With IRON THUNDERHORSE, and grace him with a peace that surpasses all understanding.

AMEN.

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