Peltier was acquitted of the charge in 1978. In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an ...

Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.

“The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement,” according to the White House statement.

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

20 (UPI) --Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per ... Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who many say was America's ...

FILE - American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an ... government’s mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health, will ...

Members of the Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli and other activists look on during a protest outside the White House to urge President Joe Biden to grant Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier clemency. Peltier’s ...

With one week left in office, the president could end his term with an act of mercy by granting clemency to the ailing Native American rights activist.

In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an extraordinary move that ends a decades-long push by ...

Peltier, who has suffered ongoing health problems, will be allowed to live out his life at home, according to a statement issued by the White House. “The President is commuting the life sentence ...

as they depart the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, enroute to the Capitol. WASHINGTON — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was ...