Leonard Peltier, Native American activist and convicted killer of two FBI agents in 1975, was released from federal prison today after serving 49 years of a life sentence.

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier ... South Dakota, issued a news release Monday celebrating Peltier’s commutation. The release included a quote attributed ...

SIOUX FALLS SD (KELO) — President Joe Biden has commuted Leonard ... Peltier was denied parole as recently as July and wasn’t eligible for parole again until 2026. For the latest news, weather ...

WASHINGTON ― With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard ... filed Peltier’s original clemency petition in 2019 and again in 2021, hailed ...

As Sharp put it in 2021 ... the news of Peltier finally going home. “His release from prison signifies a measure of justice that has long evaded so many Native Americans for so many decades,” Haaland ...

And then there is the ending to the new film Free Leonard Peltier. Peltier had been imprisoned ... at the Coleman Federal Penitentiary as the news comes in. The activists and film crew went ...

The U.S. Parole Commission in July denied Peltier's latest ... s act of mercy Leonard can finally return to his reservation and live out his remaining days.” Peltier told NBC News in 2022 ...

After a challenging year-plus, the 2025 film festival will show about 200 features and short films, down from 300 in 2024.