After 49 years of incarceration, 80-year-old Leonard Peltier has been granted clemency. He will be released from jail and complete his sentence in home confinement.
Leonard was sentenced to two life sentences for the deaths of two FBI agents in Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. He maintains his innocence. The trial that led to his prosecution has widely been seen as unfair, including serious suppression of evidence, FBI coercion, and refusal of witnesses.
We celebrate that Leonard can finally go home to his family and community, but maintain the demand for his long-overdue full pardon.
LEONARD PELTIER IS OUT! Commuted to house arrest after 50 years of detention (minus a short jail break) and available for parole since 1993.
— seditionist.bsky.social (@seditionist.bsky.social) January 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
