The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his ...

In 1977, Native American activist Leonard ... man who I helped put behind bars. With time, and the benefit of hindsight, I have realized that the prosecution and continued incarceration of Mr ...

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.

The agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on another man when a shootout began. RelatedParole denied for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison ...