Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.
The outgoing Biden administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975.
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director
NDN Collective’s founder and chief executive officer Nick Tilsen, who has fought for Peltier’s clemency, is looking forward to Peltier going home, though he said officials have indicated Peltier may not be released for several weeks.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half ... example of the U.S. government's mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health, will transition to home ...
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.
Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his
Moments before he left office and as one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist and political prisoner who has been incarcerated for nearly half a century for a crime he maintains he did not commit.
Activists participate in a protest to urge U.S. President Joe Biden to grant Leonard Peltier clemency outside of the White House on September 12, 2023. This commutation, however, was expressly discouraged by law enforcement. Wray sent a letter to the White ...
This last-second, disgraceful act by then-President Biden, which does not change [Leonard] Peltier’s guilt but does release him from prison, is cowardly and lacks accountability,” the
Biden issued the sweeping pardons just minutes before he departed the White House for the final time as president