Biden commutes sentence of Leonard Peltier, who murdered two FBI agents
One of Joe Biden ’s final acts as president Monday was to grant clemency to an Indigenous activist convicted of fatally shooting two FBI agents execution-style in the head in 1975.
Peltier’s commutation was part of a wave of clemency Biden granted on his way out of the White House. The outgoing president also issued pre-emptive pardons to his brother James and other relatives, members of the since-defunct House select Jan. 6 Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci and more.
Peltier killed FBI Agents Coler, a 28-year-old married dad of two boys, and Williams, 27, on June 26, 1975, as the two feds were hunting for a man named Jimmy Eagle in a case related to an attack on a local ranch. The pair of agents were there to serve arrest warrants. Peltier’s bid for parole was shot down last year. His legal team had pointed to his deteriorating health and nonviolent tenure behind bars when seeking his release.But former FBI Director Christopher Wray had implored Biden not to commute Peltier’s sentence.“The overwhelming and unassailable evidence of Peltier’s guilt, coupled with his persistent refusal to accept responsibility, make him wholly unfit for a commutation or pardon.
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