Biden commutes sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier
Biden commutes Leonard Peltier’s sentence to home confinement in 1975 killing of FBI agents
As one of his last official acts, President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, 80, allowing the American Indian Movement member to serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement.
Biden commutes life sentence for Native American activist Leonard Peltier
President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.
Mercy for Leonard Peltier, who executed two injured FBI agents.
Ann Alquist speaks with journalist Brian Bull about the significance of President Biden commuting the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
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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 killings of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation. The commutation ends 50 years of prison life for the former member of the American Indian Movement.
"I'm gonna be so, so happy," said his sister, Betty Ann Peltier Solano. "It's gonna be one of the happiest days in my life. I'll give him a big hug and a kiss."
Leonard Peltier was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. His trial was held in Fargo. For nearly half a century, Peltier has been serving his time in federal prison.
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Left-wing activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier will go free from prison thanks to a last-minute commutation from former President Biden.
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case became a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement since his conviction for killing two FBI agents but whose release drew swift opposition from law enforcement officials.
In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
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