Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years
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.
They were sentenced to death. But they don’t want President Biden’s commutation to life in prison
Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole, as they seek to appeal their cases and prove their claims of innocence.
‘Free Leonard Peltier': President Biden's Commuting of Indigenous Activist Sends Sundance Doc Rushing for New Ending
Sundance: David France and Jesse Short Bull's film tackles the 50-year story of activism surrounding the contentious conviction of the prominent American Indian Movement leader, whose sentence was commuted just one week before the film's premiere.
Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at home after Biden order
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
Wray urged Biden not to commute sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
Former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents, against the urgings of former FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Registered sex offender sentenced to life in prison
A Lubbock jury sentenced to life in prison a 56-year-old habitual offender who prosecutors described as an irredeemable sex ...
Man Who Fatally Stabbed 3 Children at Taylor Swift-Themed Event Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9, were killed in the July 2024 attack in Southport, England.
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Riviera Beach man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 shooting homicide
A Rivera Beach man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of first-degree murder for a homicide that ...
Indian court sentences a police volunteer to life in prison in the rape and killing of trainee doctor
An Indian court has sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a ...
RG Kar Rape Murder Case News LIVE: Sanjay Roy sentenced to life imprisonment, state to pay ₹17 lakh to victim’s kin
A Kolkata court will pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an ...
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"CBI should appeal for death sentence" President of BJP's National Women's Wing after RG Kar convict gets life term
President of BJP's National Women's Wing, Vanathi Srinivasan expressed dissatisfaction after a court sentenced RG Kar convict ...
Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence
An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two ...
Biden frees radical left-wing killer convicted in FBI agents' murders during last hours as president
Left-wing activist and convicted double murderer Leonard Peltier will go free from prison thanks to a last-minute commutation ...