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Wray urged Biden not to commute sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Celebration and criticism follow Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier’s prison sentence commutation
The 11th hour clemency of Leonard Peltier has touched off a wave of joy, but it also brings pain to those who believe he should remain in prison for murder.
Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
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.
'I'm going home': President Biden gives clemency to Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who had been imprisoned for nearly 50 years, on Jan. 20.
FBI Head Warned Against Clemency for Leonard Peltier
The FBI had urged former President Joe Biden not to commute the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has ...
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Court order filed to officially release Leonard Peltier
An executive order that commutes the life prison sentence of Leonard Peltier has been officially filed with the U.S. Clerk of ...
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A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s ...