The last-minute decision allows the 80-year-old Leonard Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.
The outgoing Biden administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975.
Biden issued the sweeping pardons just minutes before he departed the White House for the final time as president
WASHINGTON — In one of his final acts while in office, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the ...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.
Minutes before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa member Leonard Peltier's life sentence.
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his presidency.
Ann Alquist speaks with journalist Brian Bull about the significance of President Biden commuting the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
With just minutes left as president, Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his entire immediate family—and gave clemency to prominent Native American activist Leonard Peltier.
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Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on Monday (Jan 20) for several of his immediate family members and people that incoming President Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including Republican former lawmaker Liz Cheney and Mark Milley,