Then-President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s life sentence to home confinement, leading to his release Tuesday from the Coleman penitentiary.
Mac Schneider, the U.S. Attorney for North Dakota since 2022, has resigned. It's typical for U.S. attorneys to resign when there is a change in the presidential administration. Schneider -- who was appointed by Democratic President Joe Biden in late 2022 -- had said last month that he would step down when asked to do so by the Republican Donald Trump administration.
I’ll be cheering on my successors and former colleagues in the months and years to come.” Schneider was nominated by former President Joe Biden in Sep. 2022 and sworn in that December. Changes in U.S.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier is out of prison after nearly 50 years and has just returned to North Dakota. Peltier arrived in Belcourt around 6 p.m. Tuesday to begin serving his home confinement after being given clemency under President Joe Biden.
American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier is a free man – released from prison yesterday in Florida. His life prison term for killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 was commuted by former President Joe Biden.
Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota, was headed back to his reservation, where family and friends will celebrate his release with him on Wednesday and
Then-President Joe Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to ... confrontation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were killed, and ...
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence in the 197
Leonard Peltier was released after former President Joe Biden commuted his sentence for the murder of two FBI agents during a 1975 shootout.
FARGO, N.D. (KFYR) - U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Mac Schneider announced his resignation on X Sunday morning. In his post, he stated, “Grateful to the point of near disbelief to do such meaningful work with such incredible people. I’ll be cheering on my successors and former colleagues in the months and years to come.”
Joe Biden granted clemency to the Native American rights activist literally minutes before his presidency ended.
Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful to his family and supporters as they welcomed him home to North Dakota, one day after his release