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.

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - 50 years ago, Indigenous Actvist Leonard Peltier was convicted in the killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota. After years of parole hearings, one of Former President Biden’s last acts in office commuted Peltier’s life sentence.

On his final day in office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Turtle Mountain Chippewa man convicted of killing two FBI agents. Many Indigenous communities around the state and nation are celebrating the decision.

The band are longtime advocates for the imprisoned Indigenous rights advocate, who was granted clemency at the end of Biden's presidency

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier to return home to North Dakota following Monday morning clemency from Biden.

With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. President Joe Biden commuted to home confinement Peltier's life sentence after he spent most of his life in prison for the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975.

The Native American activist says he did not receive a fair trial in the slayings of FBI agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

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President Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old American Indian Movement activist who had spent nearly five decades in prison.