After nearly five decades in prison, Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents, has been granted home confinement following President Biden's commutation of his life sentence. This decision sparked elation among Peltier's supporters, who see him as a symbol of systemic injustice faced by Native Americans, contrasted by criticism from law enforcement who maintain his guilt. While Peltier maintains his innocence, the commutation does not equate to a pardon and represents a complex legacy regarding Native American rights and justice.
He represents every person who's been roughed up by a cop, profiled, had their children harassed at school,
Granting Peltier any relief from his conviction or sentence is wholly unjustified and would be an affront to the rule of law,
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