Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.
Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at home after Biden order
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.
NDN Collective’s founder and chief executive officer Nick Tilsen, who has fought for Peltier’s clemency, is looking forward ...
Biden issued the sweeping pardons just minutes before he departed the White House for the final time as president ...
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