Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man convicted of killing FBI agents
President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday.
Biden commutes Leonard Peltier’s sentence to home confinement in 1975 killing of FBI agents
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. President Joe Biden commuted to home confinement Peltier's life sentence after he spent most of his life in prison for the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975.
Biden commutes sentence of Native American activist convicted of killing FBI agents
The last-minute decision allows the 80-year-old Leonard Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.
Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier, convicted in FBI killings
The Native American activist says he did not receive a fair trial in the slayings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Biden frees radical left-wing killer convicted in FBI agents’ murders during last hours as president
Left-wing activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier will go free from prison thanks to a last-minute commutation from former President Biden.
Biden issues last-minute pardons for family and January 6 Committee members, commutes sentence of Leonard Peltier
That Biden felt it necessary to pre-emptively pardon his family members and political allies belies attempts by Democrats to claim that “democracy” has been affirmed by the peaceful transfer of power to Trump.
Biden's Clemency for Activist Peltier 'As Good as Freedom'; Blasted by FBI Director
Native American activist Leonard Peltier said spending the rest of his life in home confinement after being granted clemency by former President Joe Biden is "as good as freedom," after Biden's own FBI director opposed commutation for a man sentenced to life for the killing of two FBI agents.
Biden commutes life sentence for South Dakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier
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 Band of Chippewa Indians,
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison
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