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Jan 21, 2025 | waaytv.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

(CNN) — In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart.

Jan 20, 2025 | local3news.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”Peltier was denied parole last year. He has spent almost 50 years – more than half of his life – in federal prison.

Jan 20, 2025 | krdo.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

By Zoe Sottile, Betsy Klein, Devon M. Sayers and Dianne Gallagher, CNN(CNN) — In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota.

Jan 20, 2025 | kten.com | Zoe Sottile |Betsy Klein |Devon Sayers |Dianne Gallagher

Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his sentence at home. “It’s finally over – I’m going home,” Peltier said in a statement shared by NDN Collective, an Indigenous rights group in South Dakota. “I want to show the world I’m a good person with a good heart. I want to help the people, just like my grandmother taught me.”Peltier was denied parole last year. He has spent almost 50 years – more than half of his life – in federal prison.

Oct 3, 2024 | krdo.com | Dianne Gallagher |Michelle Watson

By Dianne Gallagher and Michelle Watson, CNN(CNN) — Sam Perkins, the man who hiked 11 miles to find his parents last Saturday after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina, says his mom and dad are now at home with him in Charlotte. “It’s (a) relief all over again to see my parents. The trek to make sure they were among the lucky ones to be OK was worth it. I’m lucky for that, too,” Perkins told CNN via a text message on Thursday. “Many are not so lucky to be healthy and make it out.