The Hollywood Reporter2d
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Doc About Imprisoned Indigenous Activist Is Timelier Than Ever, but Leaves Too Much Unexamined
By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier‘s ...
CounterPunch10d
Leonard Peltier is Coming Home!
Sumterville, FL – Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. The president’s decision is the result of decades of grassroots ...
IndieWire2d
‘Free Leonard Peltier’: Surface-Level Doc about Imprisoned Indigenous Activist Could Have Gone Much Deeper
Why did that activist (and his father and grandfather) consider Peltier’s case to be a defining cause in his life? “Free Leonard Peltier” ultimately comes around to more or less answering ...
The Hollywood Reporter2d
As He Awaits Release From Federal Prison, Leonard Peltier Is Still in Danger, Advocates Say
There are Hollywood endings. And then there is the ending to the new film Free Leonard Peltier. Peltier had been imprisoned for well over 45 years when David France and Jesse Short Bull decided to ...
Yahoo2d
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Doc About Imprisoned Indigenous Activist Is Timelier Than Ever, but Leaves Too Much Unexamined
Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.
The New York Times10d
Biden commutes prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous rights activist convicted in F.B.I. killings.
Leonard Peltier spent nearly 50 years in federal prison. By Emily Cochrane President Biden commuted the prison sentence of Leonard Peltier, an imprisoned Native American rights activist ...
Rolling Stone9d
Rage Against the Machine Celebrate Leonard Peltier’s Freedom
Rage Against the Machine celebrated release from prison of Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was granted clemency by Joseph Biden in the final minutes of his presidency. Peltier ...
Yahoo News UK2d
‘Free Leonard Peltier’ Review: Doc About Imprisoned Indigenous Activist Is Timelier Than Ever, but Leaves Too Much Unexamined
Late in Jesse Short Bull and David France’s new documentary Free Leonard Peltier, Native activist Nick Tilsen sings the praises of Leonard Peltier’s sense of humor but expresses a note of concern.
Yahoo10d
Leonard Peltier granted clemency as President Biden leaves office
WASHINGTON — In one of his final acts while in office, outgoing President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence for activist Leonard Peltier, who has already served 49 years in prison in the ...
Newsweek9d
Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency in Killings of FBI Agents
Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence for the deaths of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams during a standoff at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, will now move ...
Democracy Now9d
Leonard Peltier to Be Freed After Half-Century in Prison: “A Day of Victory for Indigenous People”
Leonard Peltier is 80 years old, has spent the majority of his life in prison. For decades, he has maintained his innocence over the 1975 killing of two FBI agents in a shootout on the Pine Ridge ...
KOAT Albuquerque12d
The ongoing fight for Leonard Peltier’s clemency
TWO FBI AGENTS AND ONE ACTIVIST WERE KILLED. LEONARD PELTIER WAS CONVICTED FOR THE AGENT’S DEATH AND SENTENCED FOR TWO LIFE TERMS FOR MURDER. LATER, THE CONVICTIONS WERE REDUCED TO AIDING AND ...