Native people from across the country gathered in Oglala to celebrate Leonard Peltier's clemency and pray for his safe return home. Some people have criticized the imminent release, though.
An executive order that commutes the life prison sentence of Leonard Peltier has been officially filed with the U.S. Clerk of Court in Fargo. Peltier’s surprise commutation was announced by former President Joe Biden,
On his final day in office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Turtle Mountain Chippewa man convicted of killing two FBI agents. Many Indigenous communities around the state and nation are celebrating the decision.
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Before 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.
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier to return home to North Dakota following Monday morning clemency from Biden.
President Biden's decision to commute Leonard Peltier's sentence after nearly five decades of imprisonment represents a significant shift in federal-tribal relations.
Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota, is currently serving two life sentences ... June 20 for the release of incarcerated American Indian Activist Leonard Peltier. Peltier is Betty Ann's, Julie's and Sheila's brother.
President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
This is something that we always prepared for," producer Jhane Myers told Yahoo Entertainment about the documentary's contingency plan.
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.