President Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an imprisoned Native American rights activist, using his final minutes of presidential power on Monday to free a man who has spent nearly 50 years in federal prison after he was convicted of murder in connection with the killing of two F.B.I. agents.

President Biden announced Jan. 20 he will commute Leonard Peltier's life sentence to home confinement, marking a major victory for tribal nations and advocates who have long fought for the

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has been imprisoned for nearly 50 years. Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians,

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.

Sundance: David France and Jesse Short Bull's film tackles the 50-year story of activism surrounding the contentious conviction of the prominent American Indian Movement leader, whose sentence was commuted just one week before the film's premiere.