Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.
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.
Outgoing President Joe Biden issued a last-minute set of grants for clemency, which included members of his family, Democratic politicians and Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents in a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota — a charge that he has steadfastly denied.
A released statement from President Joe Biden revealed that Former Kentucky State Representative Jerry Lundergan has been pardoned after he was convicted on federal campaign finance charges in 2020.
Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving live in prison
Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.
WASHINGTON — Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier ... politician from Kentucky who served in the state ...
Steven Senne / AP Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier ... politician from Kentucky who served in the state ...
FILE – Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on ... a Democratic politician from Kentucky who served in the state House of Representatives.
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to return home after spending nearly 50 years behind bars for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents. President Biden commuted his sentence Monday, following decades of advocacy from those who see his case as ...
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(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday. Peltier, 80, has spent nearly 50 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of two FBI age ...