Peltier was acquitted of the charge in 1978. In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an ...

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

With one week left in office, the president could end his term with an act of mercy by granting clemency to the ailing Native American rights activist.

“The President is commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement,” according to the White House statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half ... example of the U.S. government's mistreatment of Native Americans. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 ...

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

Activists participate in a protest to urge U.S. President Joe Biden to grant Native American activist Leonard Peltier clemency outside of the White House in Washington, DC. A group of over 120 ...

20 (UPI) --Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per ... Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who many say was America's ...

Peltier, who has suffered ongoing health problems, will be allowed to live out his life at home, according to a statement issued by the White House. “The President is commuting the life sentence ...

In one of his last official acts before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison. The action is an extraordinary move that ends a decades-long push by ...

The White House said Peltier ... Marchers carry a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., ...