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Biden commutes life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, 80 (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In a White House statement, Biden said he was commuting Peltier’s life sentence so that he can serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.

This must be some sort of sick joke.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Yeah it's better than letting him die in prison though.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago

Well that's good I guess but you could have done this 4 fucking years ago

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This will get tweeted out by ~~BidenWins~~KamalaWins, right? Right?