The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

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.

Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain ... Mr. Biden said in the grant issued shortly before President-elect Donald J. Trump took his oath of office, will allow Mr. Peltier to serve ...

President Donald Trump plans to pardon people convicted for participation in the January 6 Capitol riot, which may include two of its organizers: Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, and Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, ABC News reported Monday.

The decision, made just moments before President Donald Trump was sworn into office ... a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning ...

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In an exit interview with HuffPost, the interior secretary celebrated progress in protecting public lands and righting past wrongs against Native Americans.

Christopher Wray, who became FBI director in 2017 before he retired Monday as President Donald Trump took office ... Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short," Wray wrote.

Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.

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In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan January 6 th committee, and members of his own family, which Biden said was necessary to prevent retribution from President-elect Donald Trump.