Killer and American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier to receive welcome home bash 49 years after conviction in FBI agents' murders at Pine Ridge.
The Indigenous activist was serving two life sentences for the 1975 killings, which he argued were in self-defense.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been released from a Florida prison, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence to home confinem
Leonard Peltier, who has been described as a “remorseless killer” after being convicted of killing two FBI agents on a South Dakota reservation, was released after nearly five decades in prison after being granted clemency by former President Biden during one of his final acts while in office.
Indigenous activists who maintain his innocence celebrated the release as a decades-overdue victory, while law enforcement officials called it a mistake.
Peltier's imprisonment has symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.
Peltier's imprisonment had symbolized systemic injustice for Native Americans across the country who believe in his innocence.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence.
The 80-year-old activist is to be confined to his home in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. SUMTERVILLE, Florida — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday,
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful for his supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota on Wednesday, a day after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
Throughout his nearly half-century in prison, Peltier has maintained that he didn’t murder FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald William