Unprecedented Paul Reubens, a Deaf rebellion, Leonard Peltier's life, dying in SF, and more real life from the 41st film fest.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home ... government's mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health ...
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has ...
This man has been in prison for nearly 48 years. He is America’s longest serving political prisoner. He has not been pardoned ...
Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.
Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
On January 19, 2025, former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard ... his arrest, Peltier will serve the remainder of his life sentence under house arrest.
In a statement, the White House said the commutation will enable ... I urge you in the strongest terms possible: Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short," Wray wrote.
This can certainly be read as the White House throwing a bone to the FBI ... citizen and where his supporters have purchased and prepared a house for him to move into. “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is ...