Leonard Peltier - Wikipedia
Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who was convicted of two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier ...
2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence Monday following decades of community-led advocacy calling his imprisonment an example of the U.S. government’s mistreatment of Native Americans.
Leonard Peltier to leave prison after 50 years as Biden grants ...
2 days ago · “Leonard Peltier’s freedom today is the result of 50 years of intergenerational resistance, organizing, and advocacy,” Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective Founder and CEO, said in a statement. “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded ...
Leonard Peltier: Biden commutes sentence of Indigenous activist …
2 days ago · In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
Leonard Peltier granted clemency as President Biden leaves office
3 days ago · “Leonard Peltier’s liberation is our liberation – we will honor him by bringing him back to his homelands to live out the rest of his days surrounded by loved ones, healing, and reconnecting with his land and culture. Tilsen has called Peltier “the longest living Indigenous political prisoner in the history of the United States.”
Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native …
2 days ago · Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine ...
Leonard Peltier | Trial, Facts, Imprisonment, & Commutation
2 days ago · Leonard Peltier is an American Indian activist who, after becoming one of the best-known indigenous rights activists in North America, was convicted in 1977 of having murdered two FBI agents. His life sentence was commuted by Pres. Joe Biden in 2025.
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier has first parole hearing in a ... - NPR
Jun 10, 2024 · Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison since his conviction in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, has a parole hearing Monday at a federal...
Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 ... - CNN
Jul 2, 2024 · Leonard Peltier, the Indigenous activist convicted of the 1975 murders of two FBI agents, has been denied parole from federal prison, his attorney told CNN on Tuesday. Peltier,...
Parole Denied for Native American Activist Convicted in 1975 Killings
Jul 2, 2024 · Supporters say Leonard Peltier, 79, was unfairly blamed for the deaths of two F.B.I. agents in a shootout with activists.