The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his ...

Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.

The members of Rage Against The Machine have publicly praised the release of indigenous rights activist Leonard Peltier.

Leonard Peltier, 80, had been serving two life sentences behind bars but will now carry out the remainder of his time at home instead. He had been part of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians.

Peltier, 80, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, had been serving two life sentences at a federal penitentiary in Florida for the 1975 slayings of agents Ronald Williams and Jack ...

Peltier, a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota, is currently serving two life sentences at a federal prison in Florida From left: Betty Ann Peltier Solano, Julie ...

Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, was convicted in 1977 for the murders of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.