This Day in History – Feb. 6, 1976.  Forty-nine years ago today, February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier was arrested in western ...

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 ...

outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the shooting deaths of two federal agents during a standoff at ...

Peltier consistently maintained his innocence in the agents’ shooting deaths ... Peltier in his bids for clemency, told CNN. “Leonard has always wanted to live out the rest of his life ...

No one disputes that Peltier was shooting that June day ... while also feeling the clemency on a personal level. “Uncle Leonard is going to come back home,” he says. “And we’re going ...

WASHINGTON — In one of his final acts while in office, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the shooting ...

Leonard Peltier, 80, had been serving two life sentences ... Peltier and three others were arrested for fatally shooting the G-men. He was convicted in 1977. Around the time of his arrest, he ...

Leonard Peltier, citizen of Turtle Mountain Band ... a federal detention center in Sumter County. He admitted shooting at the agents but always maintained his innocence. “ ...

“Leonard Peltier now gets to go home ... a federal detention center in Sumter County. He admitted shooting at the agents but always maintained his innocence. “I did not kill those agents ...

On June 26, 1975, shooting broke out between members of ... but it's a pleasure to use it.” The Free Leonard Peltier team is also requesting more screenings at Sundance since those scheduled ...