Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at home after Biden order
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
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Leonard Peltier is no longer in prisonBefore leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier. He was convicted in the 1975 ...
In 1977, Native American activist Leonard Peltier was convicted of the murder of two FBI agents who died in a shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier, now 77 ...
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ADVOCATES IN NEW MEXICO HAVE LONG HOPED THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD GRANT FREEDOM TO A MAN WHO HAS SPENT JUST ABOUT 50 YEARS IN PRISON. THEY ARGUE THAT HIS CONVICTION WAS UNJUST.
A group of over 120 elected current and former tribal leaders from across the United States are calling on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a longstanding political ...
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