Peltier, Joe Biden and Indigenous

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden
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.
Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at home after Biden order
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, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI killings
The Native American activist says he did not receive a fair trial in the slayings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Biden commutes sentence of Native American activist convicted of killing FBI agents
The last-minute decision allows the 80-year-old Leonard Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.
Celebration and criticism follow Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence commutation
The 11th hour clemency of Leonard Peltier has touched off a wave of joy, but it also brings pain to those who believe he should remain in prison for murder.
Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him ...
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‘A champion’: Man who covered Leonard Peltier’s trial praises his release from prison
Members of the Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli and other activists urged U.S. President Joe Biden to grant Native American activist Leonard Peltier clemency outside of the White House in Washington ...
Biden issues last-minute pardons for five family members — including his own brother
Biden issued the sweeping pardons just minutes before he departed the White House for the final time as president ...
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Bay Area defendants among those pardoned in Capitol attacks
A number of defendants with Bay Area ties have been pardoned or have had their pending criminal cases tossed over the Capitol ...
Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s ...
Trump Inauguration: President Withdraws From Paris Climate Accords, Plans To Pardon January 6th Rioters
The world's richest man is strong supporter of right-wing politics, & made gestures today at a rally for Donald Trump's ...
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Supreme Court grants a new hearing for the only woman on Oklahoma's death row
The Supreme Court has ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row. The order issued ...