(The Hill) — President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of ... Peltier, an activist affiliated with the American Indian Movement (AIM), was one of several people involved in a firefight ...

The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his ...

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Monday, moments before Donald Trump’s inauguration, President Joe Biden commuted the ...

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

In one of his final acts as president, Joe Biden commuted the life sentence ... A member of the American Indian Movement, a national organization founded in the 1960s to address issues including ...

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, 80, allowing the American Indian Movement member to serve the rest of his sentence on home confinement. Peltier was ...

With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the life ... Peltier was active in the American Indian Movement, which began in the 1960s as a local organization ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just moments before leaving office, President Joe ... Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He will transition to home confinement, Biden said in a statement. FILE – ...

Joe Biden "accomplished something that President Obama didn't do," 91-year-old Julius Garvey told Newsweek about his father's posthumous pardon.

President Joe Biden ... American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two ...

Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president ... Band of Chippewa Indians and then an activist with the American Indian Movement, a grassroots Indigenous rights group — was identified ...