What does our Editorial Board Roundtable make of the pardons and commutations issued this week by both an outgoing and an incoming president?
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.
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 Joe Biden has sparked outrage after commuting the sentence of Leonard Peltier in a last-minute move before leaving office Monday.
Trump commuted the sentence of local Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs, who was serving 17 years for his role in Capitol 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.
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.
Former President Joe Biden signed a number of pardons and commutations on his way out of the White House as per tradition, according to new information.
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Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to return home after spending nearly 50 years behind bars for the 1975 deaths of two FBI agents. President Biden commuted his sentence Monday, following decades of advocacy from those who see his case as ...
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