But Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier remains behind bars. Over 120 tribal leaders are calling on Biden to grant clemency to Peltier as one of his final acts in office, warning this ...

including the Indian Affairs Chairman senator U.S. Brian Schatz (Hawaii), which called on Biden to grant Peltier clemency. More from IndieWire ...

Clemency is the process by which a governor, president, or administrative board may reduce a defendant’s sentence or grant a pardon. Peltier was denied parole by the U.S. Parole Commission ...

More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two FBI agents and a Native man dead ...

“The power to exercise mercy in this case lies solely within your discretion, and we urge you to grant Mr. Peltier clemency, allowing him to return home and live out his remaining days among his ...

Most recently, a final parole attempt was denied, and the absolute last chance was for Biden to grant clemency for Peltier, something former President Barrack Obama and President Bill Clinton ...

Former reporter Mike Schilling recalls his Springfield prison interview with activist Leonard Peltier, whose sentence was ...

One of Joe Biden’s final acts as president Monday was to grant clemency to an Indigenous ... execution-style in the head in 1975. Leonard Peltier, 80, had been serving two life sentences behind ...

A group of over 120 elected current and former tribal leaders from across the United States are calling on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a longstanding political ...

JANE MYERS LIVES IN SANTA FE AND IS THE PRODUCER OF A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT PELTIER. SHE SAYS HE’S WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED. MYERS AND MANY OTHERS ARE CALLING FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN TO GRANT HIM ...

Editor's note: Among his final actions in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive grant of clemency Jan. 19 commuting Leonard Peltier's prison sentence. The commutation, which takes effect ...