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.
Left-wing activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier will go free from prison thanks to a last-minute commutation from former President Biden.
Joe Biden commuted the two consecutive life sentences of Leonard Peltier on Monday. Wyoming filmmaker Preston Randolph, who worked 15 years to
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80,
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.
A Cody, Wyoming, filmmaker is a coproducer for the documentary “Free Leonard Peltier," which will debut next week at the Sundance Film Festival. The
Just before leaving office Monday, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, who was serving life in prison for the killings of two FBI agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.
Former President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI ag
Elderly Activist to Serve Remainder of Sentence at Home After Nearly 50 Years in Prison Washington, DC – - In one of his final acts as President, Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier,
President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for officials who have clashed with President-elect Donald Trump and for members of his family, including his three siblings, using his final hours in the White House to help people he fears could face retribution by the incoming administration.