A federal judge has denied a request by imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier to unseal certain government documents.
Peltier's defense team believes the papers contain information that could lead to his release.
The papers come from the FBI's Buffalo field office, which has released nearly 800 pages of material but is withholding 15 pages.
Peltier is serving two life sentences for the June 1975 murders of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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