WASHINGTON ― With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, the ailing Native American rights activist whom the U.S. government put in prison nearly 50 years ago after a trial riddled with misconduct and lies.
Peltier has been in prison ever since the federal government accused him of murdering two FBI agents in a 1975 shoot-out on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
You missed the most important part, in prison for murders his accusers later plainly stated not only he didn’t do it but physically could not have.
And he wasn’t let out?
No. 500 FBI agents showed up and protested his release.
What the actual fuck. I’m going to need to read more about this
Thanks. I didn’t miss that even if not every detail isn’t included.