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Joe Biden, Leonard Peltier

Biden commutes life sentence for South Dakota Native American activist Leonard Peltier

Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

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Family 'so happy, so relieved' as Biden commutes Leonard Peltier's sentence for 1975 killings

"I'm gonna be so, so happy," said his sister, Betty Ann Peltier Solano. "It's gonna be one of the happiest days in my life. I'll give him a big hug and a kiss."

Newsweek · 4d

Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency in Killings of FBI Agents

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

Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man convicted of killing FBI agents

President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving ...

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Biden commutes life sentence for Native American activist Leonard Peltier

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence ... a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The activist was convicted of first-degree murder for the ...

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