The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.

Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain ... Mr. Biden said in the grant issued shortly before President-elect Donald J. Trump took his oath of office, will allow Mr. Peltier to serve ...

The decision, made just moments before President Donald Trump was sworn into office ... a large painting of jailed American Indian Leonard Peltier during a march on the National Day of Mourning ...

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President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.

Christopher Wray, who became FBI director in 2017 before he retired Monday as President Donald Trump took office ... Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short," Wray wrote.

Readers discuss Jan. 6 pardons, past violence at the Capitol and other acts of clemency. Regarding the Jan. 21 front-page story “ Trump extends clemency to all involved in Jan. 6 riot ”:

President Donald Trump plans to pardon people convicted for participation in the January 6 Capitol riot, which may include two of its organizers: Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, and Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys, ABC News reported Monday.

In his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued blanket preemptive pardons Monday to prominent government officials, the bipartisan January 6 th committee, and members of his own family, which Biden said was necessary to prevent retribution from President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump commuted the sentence of local Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs, who was serving 17 years for his role in Capitol riot.

This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that an election gave the winner a mandate to suspend or ignore laws. In reality, Americans gave Trump no such mandate. Multiple polls have found that they oppose pardons for people convicted of violent crimes on January 6th.