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Leonard Peltier
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Peltier's arrest
One of his last official acts before leaving the White House was one of his most memorable: President Joe Biden released Leonard Peltier from prison.
The action was an extraordinary and surprising move ending a decades-long push by Indigenous activists, international religious leaders and human rights organizations who have long argued that the 80-year-old Native American activist was wrongly convicted.
Peltier was arrested following the Wounded Knee occupation of 1973 at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation amid violence and political turmoil. Two FBI agents were killed during a shootout that allegedly involved 40 American Indian Movement activists. A jury found Peltier guilty, but witnesses later said the FBI forced them to testify against him.
The commutation was widely opposed by the FBI, who were adamant Peltier should remain imprisoned for the rest of his life for murdering FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams in 1975.
“Tribal Nations, Nobel Peace laureates, former law enforcement officials (including the former U.S. Attorney whose office oversaw Mr. Peltier’s prosecution and appeal), dozens of lawmakers, and human rights organizations strongly support granting Mr. Peltier clemency, citing his advanced age, illnesses, his close ties to and leadership in the Native American community, and the substantial length of time he has already spent in prison," Biden said in a statement Monday (Jan. 20).
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