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

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

Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

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

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 ...

Leonard Peltier has his life sentence commuted by President Biden during one of his last acts in the White House.

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.

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.

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

The last-minute decision allows the 80-year-old Leonard Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.

Biden issued the sweeping pardons just minutes before he departed the White House for the final time as president