Leonard Peltier to Leave Prison After 50 Years as Biden Grants ...
Jan 20, 2025 · President Biden announced today he will commute Leonard Peltier's life sentence to home confinement, marking a major victory for tribal nations and advocates who have long fought for the Native American activist's release.
Leonard Peltier to be no longer in prison - KELOLAND.com
Jan 21, 2025 · According to the Biden White House, Peltier will transition to home confinement in North Dakota. According to his son, Peltier’s tribe, the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, has a home ready...
Leonard Peltier to Be Freed After Half-Century in Prison: “A Day …
Jan 21, 2025 · Indigenous leader Leonard Peltier is coming home after nearly half a century behind bars. Just minutes before leaving office, former President Biden granted Peltier clemency, ordering his...
Leonard Peltier: “It’s finally over – I’m going home”
Jan 20, 2025 · After 49 years and 11 months, Leonard Peltier will finally leave prison. Peltier had his life sentence commuted by outgoing-US President Joe Biden on January 20, hours before Donald Trump was sworn in. Peltier, the longest-held political prisoner in the United States is 80 years old and suffers from multiple, severe health ailments due to his ...
Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at …
Jan 23, 2025 · 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...
Leonard Peltier, imprisoned Native American activist, has new …
Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly half a century for the murders of two FBI agents he has always maintained he didn't commit, is hopeful he'll...
Biden frees Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, after almost 50 …
Jan 20, 2025 · After nearly 50 years of imprisonment, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has been granted clemency by outgoing President Joe Biden, finally securing freedom for the 80-year-old man.
Biden commutes life sentence for Native American activist Leonard Peltier
Jan 20, 2025 · 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...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole in FBI killings
Jul 3, 2024 · PHOENIX — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier was denied parole on Tuesday after serving nearly 50 years in federal prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, a case that...
‘It’s finally over’: President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency
Jan 19, 2025 · Sumterville, FL – Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. The president’s decision is the result of decades of grassroots organizing in Indian Country and the unveiling of increasing amounts of evidence of prosecutorial misconduct and constitutional violations during the ...