Biden's clemency for activist Peltier 'as good as freedom'; blasted by FBI director
Native American activist Leonard Peltier said spending the rest of his life in home confinement after being granted clemency by former President Joe Biden is "as good as freedom," after Biden's own FBI director opposed commutation for a man sentenced to life for the killing of two FBI agents.
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.
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Leonard Peltier is no longer in prisonBefore leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier. He was convicted in the 1975 ...
In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist ...
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Longtime Lewisburg federal prison inmate Leonard Peltier will be released from jail in February after former President Joe ...
Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, had his life sentence commuted by President Joe Biden, allowing him to serve home confinement. This decision sparked debate, with FBI figures opposing ...
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