Biden also commuted the sentence of Peltier. While he did not receive a pardon, he will be serving the rest of his life sentence in home confinement. Peltier is an indigenous activist affiliated with the American Indian Movement, which sought to address police brutality against Native people. He was sentenced in 1975 for the murder of two FBI agents during a shooting on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Peltier is now 80 years old, in ailing health, and has maintained his innocence throughout his nearly 50 years behind bars. Even one of the former federal prosecutors who put Peltier behind bars, James Reynolds, thinks that he’s innocent.
“We were not able to prove that Mr. Peltier personally committed any offense on the reservation. As a result to Mr. Peltier’s conviction, now arrest, is that he was guilty of a murder simply because he was present on the reservation that day,” Reynolds wrote in a letter to Biden. “He has served time for more than 46 years on the hands of minimal evidence, a result I strongly doubt would be upheld in any court today.”
hotbrownbeanjuice on January 20th, 2025 at 22:38 UTC »
What truly terrifies me is that when something this brazenly shitty happens on the right, supporters double down even more and emulate it just for the sake of trying to own the libs. This is becoming a positive feedback loop for no reason other than people can't admit they were wrong.
blinkchuck1988 on January 20th, 2025 at 22:09 UTC »
German here, I can confirm 🙋♂️✅
necesitafresita on January 20th, 2025 at 22:04 UTC »
Don't make excuses for the fucker. He did.