The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.

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 ...

WASHINGTON ― With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, the ailing Native American rights activist whom the U.S. government put in ...

Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.

Peltier was acquitted of the charge in 1978. In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an ...

NDN Collective announced Friday that longtime Chippewa activist Leonard Peltier would be returning home to North Dakota, ...

With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

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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 ...

Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine ...