The FBI had urged former President Joe Biden not to commute the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has been in p

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Leonard Peltier is set to serve the remainder of his two life terms in home confinement. Former President Biden issued clemency to the Native American Activist on Monday. Peltier has spent nearly 50 years in prison for the killing of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in 1975.

Native American activist Leonard Peltier said spending the rest of his life in home confinement after being granted clemency by former President Joe Biden is "as good as freedom," after Biden's own FBI director opposed commutation for a man sentenced to life for the killing of two FBI agents.

Before former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on Monday, he received a warning from outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray. Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in the 1970s.

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.

President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.

Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist, had his life sentence commuted by President Joe Biden, allowing him to serve home confinement. This decision sparked debate, with FBI figures opposing clemency,

President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.

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 attacked the U.S. Capitol

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 years ago.

The Society of Former Agents of the FBI is harshly criticizing President Joe Biden’s last minute clemency for Leonard Peltier, the indigenous activist who spent nearly 50 years behind bars for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents. In a message to members, the organization’s president, Mike Clark, stated: