
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 murdering two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents in a June 26, 1975, shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, which he denies.
Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his sentence …
4 days ago · SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — 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 to home confinement in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.. Peltier, 80, left Coleman penitentiary in an SUV, according to a prison official.
What to Know About Leonard Peltier, Activist Released From …
3 days ago · Mr. Peltier’s murder conviction and two life sentences, stemming from a 1975 shootout with F.B.I. agents on a reservation, have been widely criticized. By Isabelle Taft Leonard Peltier, a Native ...
Leonard Peltier, Native American activist, is released from prison ...
3 days ago · Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, returned to his home Tuesday in North Dakota hours after his ...
RESMURS Case (Reservation Murders) - FBI
On June 26, 1975, FBI Agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were murdered by Leonard Peltier at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In 1977, Peltier was found guilty of first-degree...
Leonard Peltier | Trial, Facts, Imprisonment, & Commutation
Feb 1, 2025 · Leonard Peltier is a Native American 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.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from prison …
3 days ago · Item 1 of 7 Native American activist Leonard Peltier (with a walker), imprisoned for most of his life for the murder of two FBI agents, boards an airplane at Leesburg airport after being released ...
Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier ...
Jan 20, 2025 · 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. The White House said Peltier, who is now 80 and of declining health, will transition to home confinement.
Biden commutes sentence of Leonard Peltier, Indigenous activist …
Jan 21, 2025 · 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....
Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native …
Jan 20, 2025 · 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...