{"id":64027,"date":"2025-01-20T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=64027"},"modified":"2025-01-21T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T00:29:51","slug":"leonard-peltier-biden-clemency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/leonard-peltier-biden-clemency\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier\u00a0granted clemency by President Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During his final hours in office, President Joe Biden granted clemency to Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier <\/a>on Monday, ending nearly five decades of imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peltier, 80, was convicted in 1977 for the deaths of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. His trial has long been criticized by human rights groups, including Amnesty International, for alleged procedural flaws and insufficient evidence directly linking him to the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since his conviction, Peltier has maintained his innocence. In a 60 Minutes<\/em> interview, he said, \u201cI never killed those agents. I didn\u2019t fire the first shots, but it wouldn\u2019t make any difference at all. These two strangers were firing on these homes which were occupied by women and children. We were asked to come to this reservation to protect this community, and that is exactly what we did. The only thing I am guilty of is trying to help my people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite repeated denials of parole, most recently in July<\/a>, calls for clemency intensified as Peltier\u2019s health declined. He suffers from multiple chronic conditions, including lingering effects of COVID-19, a stroke, and an aortic aneurysm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His release marks a significant victory for Indigenous activists and supporters, who have long campaigned for his freedom, citing his imprisonment as a symbol of systemic injustices faced by Native communities in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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