The William Leonard Pickard Website

Dedicated to helping Leonard win his freedom
It has been over three years since Leonard was arrested for allegedly manufacturing LSD at a missile silo in Kansas.

Since Leonard was arrested he has a newborn child with his young wife. Leonard chose to pursue the case at great risk. If he wins the appeal he will go free, and if he loses, he will serve life in prison. Leonard has chosen this difficult task so that he might have the chance to live the rest of his life with his wife and child.

As you read this, he is still in confinement struggling daily with the legal intricacies of his case. Leonard practices Zen meditation while in jail, adheres to a vegetarian diet, and sends his thoughts toward world peace. We ask for your loving kindness and support for this dear gentle soul, who is a casualty in the war on drugs.

An appeal is now in process to reverse the decision. Please return to this site for more updates.

Leonard's Trial is now over.

Leonard was sentenced on November 25th, 2003 to two concurrent life sentences without parole.

Leonard at Cambridge in 1997
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Last updated: July 13, 2006
Leonard at Wilton House Conference on Chemical Weapons Limitations and Terrorism, Sussex, England, 2000