Biden commutes prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous rights activist convicted in F.B.I. killings.
President Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an imprisoned Native American rights activist, using his final minutes of presidential power on Monday to free a man who has spent nearly 50 years in federal prison after he was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of two F.B.I. agents.
Several lawmakers, including Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), are also calling on Biden to free Peltier. Here's everything you need to know: Who is Leonard Peltier? Peltier is an enrolled ...
“Mr. Peltier should never have been imprisoned, much less for nearly half a century, so I hope President Biden will continue to do the right thing and pardon Leonard Peltier now.” Peltier has ...
She met Leonard Peltier when he was a free man in South Dakota while volunteering with the legal defense committee formed to represent activists involved in the 1973 takeover of Wounded Knee.
Rage Against the Machine celebrated the commutation of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier's life sentence.
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