Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
NDN Collective’s founder and chief executive officer Nick Tilsen, who has fought for Peltier’s clemency, is looking forward to Peltier going home, though he said officials have indicated Peltier may not be released for several weeks.
President Biden announced Jan. 20 he will commute Leonard Peltier's life sentence to home confinement, marking a major victory for tribal nations and advocates who have long fought for the
The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
In the final minutes of his presidency, former President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of a Native American activist who
This last-second, disgraceful act by then-President Biden, which does not change [Leonard] Peltier’s guilt but does release him from prison, is cowardly and lacks accountability,” the
Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.
President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota.
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