A nearly 50-year-long legal saga is coming to an end after President Biden commuted the life prison sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier earlier this week. A jury found Peltier guilty ...

“The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves ... in the murders but were acquitted on evidence Peltier’s defense was not allowed to present. The trial and ...

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.

“Leonard has always wanted to live ... but no one actually saw the killings. Supporters of Peltier have said the evidence produced at trial was unreliable, while the FBI has categorically ...

Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence ... were acquitted of the same charges in separate trials. Peltier fled to Canada after the incident but was eventually extradited to the U.S ...

Supporters have also claimed that Peltier’s trial was unfair ... and celebrated his release in all-caps, writing “Leonard Peltier is going home!” He added, “Leonard has become a friend ...

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

"Leonard Peltier's liberation is our liberation ... But dozens of people had participated in the gunfight; at trial, two co-defendants were acquitted after they claimed self-defense.

“President Biden was right to commute the life sentence of Indigenous elder and activist Leonard Peltier given the serious human rights concerns about the fairness of his trial,” Paul O ...

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier ... and evidence presented in other trials was excluded from Peltier’s case. James Reynolds, the prosecutor who ...