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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier (www.msn.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SteveKLord@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

At least he gets to die in freedom.

And that's the most important part of all. The past can't be changed but after all the campaigns and marches and rallies he's finally heading home. I'm sure your Lemmy post helped, too.