3 days ago · Credit: Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Among Joe Biden’s final actions as his presidential term wound to a close was the commutation of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Indigenous activist who had been federally imprisoned for almost 50 years. ... his latest bid for parole was denied as recently as last July. Biden’s order is set to ...

2 days ago · January 28, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) - Just minutes before leaving office, Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, the elderly American Indian Movement activist ...

Jan 20, 2025 · Today is a monumental victory – the day that Leonard Peltier finally goes home.” Judith LeBlanc (Caddo), executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance released a statement as well, saying: “Our hearts are full for Leonard Peltier, his family, and all of Indian Country as he finally gets to go home after nearly 50 years behind bars.

Jan 20, 2025 · Nick Tilsen, the group's founder and CEO, was one of only two witnesses permitted to speak on Peltier's behalf during his most recent parole hearing in June. “Leonard Peltier’s freedom today ...

3 days ago · A new movie about Leonard Peltier tracks the efforts to free him even as some advocates warn about his safety in prison prior to his Feb 18 release.

Jan 21, 2025 · Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. 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 citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.

Jan 20, 2025 · Just moments before leaving office, U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier...

Jan 20, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of the U.S. government’s mistreatment of Native Americans.

Nov 7, 2024 · Leonard Peltier was convicted of murder in the deaths of two FBI agents in a 1975 shooting. He is being held at the United States Penitentiary, Coleman, which is north of Tampa. Many people think he was wrongly convicted and is a political prisoner.

Dec 5, 2024 · More than 30 lawmakers press Biden to free activist Leonard Peltier after clemency blitz