The Leonard Peltier Story

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‘Free Leonard Peltier': President Biden's Commuting of Indigenous Activist Sends Sundance Doc Rushing for New Ending

Sundance: David France and Jesse Short Bull's film tackles the 50-year story of activism surrounding the contentious conviction of the prominent American Indian Movement leader, whose sentence was commuted just one week before the film's premiere.

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Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years

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.

USA Today · 3d

'I'm going home': President Biden gives clemency to Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier

Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who had been imprisoned for nearly 50 years, on Jan. 20.

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 ...

Clemency for Leonard Peltier: A step toward justice and healing

In the final hours of President Joe Biden’s term, he granted Leonard Peltier clemency through commutation, allowing him to ...

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Supporters of Leonard Peltier say he never got a fair trial | FROM THE ARCHIVES 1992

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 was ...

Rage Against the Machine Celebrate Leonard Peltier’s Freedom

Rage Against the Machine celebrated the commutation of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier's life sentence.

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