President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday.
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.
In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for family members and political figures targeted by incoming President Donald Trump. Among those pardoned were Liz Cheney, Mark Milley,
The last-minute decision allows the 80-year-old Leonard Peltier to serve the remainder of his sentence under home confinement.
Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Separately, Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
Left-wing activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier will go free from prison thanks to a last-minute commutation from former President Biden.
Mark A. Milley, Anthony S. Fauci and members and ... Activists have worked for decades to secure his release. “They treated Leonard Peltier differently, and how he was treated is consistent ...
Retired Gen. Mark Milley has expressed his gratitude to President Joe Biden for issuing him a pardon, saying the move alleviates his concerns over potential "retribution" by the incoming Trump administration.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on Monday for several of his immediate family members and people that incoming President Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation,
Mark Milley and members of the House committee ... Separately, Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who violently stormed the Capitol four
What does our Editorial Board Roundtable make of the pardons and commutations issued this week by both an outgoing and an incoming president?