It's the sort of twist no screenwriter would dare invent: "Free Leonard Peltier," a persuasively well-researched and often infuriating documentary about the American Indian Movement activist convicted ...

Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, whose case became a rallying cry for the Indigenous movement since his conviction for killing two FBI agents but ...

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 ...

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This Day in History – Feb. 6, 1976.  Forty-nine years ago today, February 6, 1976, Leonard Peltier was arrested in western ...

Documentarians worked quickly to change up the ending of 'Free Leonard Peltier' after Biden commuted Peltier's sentence.

Shortly before leaving office Monday, former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a far-left activist convicted in the 1975 murders of two FBI special agents, Ronald ...

Leonard Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in 1975. President Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office ...

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 ... A gunman then shot the agents at close range, killing them. The FBI said Peltier was the shooter and he was convicted in 1977 ...

Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was ...