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Indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier released from prison

Indigenous Rights Activist Leonard Peltier was serving life in prison for the deaths of two FBI agents. They were killed during a standoff on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1975. Right before leaving office, former President Biden commuted Peltier's sentence. As Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield explains, Peltier is now heading home.
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