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FM123

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22. Oh my heart,

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 12:28 PM

11 hrs ago

I have been hoping and praying and wishing for this. Finally, finally, finally.

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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier [View all] Polybius 12 hrs ago OP

Finally mikeysnot 12 hrs ago #1

Everyone in my apartment building must have heard me scream 'YES" dflprincess 12 hrs ago #2

I joined in that scream rurallib 12 hrs ago #6

Good. Basso8vb 12 hrs ago #3

Best news today. cachukis 12 hrs ago #4

Ty, Joe! SheltieLover 12 hrs ago #5

It was a brilliant move to do it in the 11th hour. This will retard JohnSJ 11 hrs ago #7

So true. wnylib 11 hrs ago #9

Thank God that someone in this country had the wnylib 11 hrs ago #8

I had lost hope Ghost of Tom Joad 11 hrs ago #10

YES! YES! YES finally. usaf-vet 11 hrs ago #11

In this part of the country as the word of the Biden's clemency To Leonard Peltier I'm sure this will be heard alot..... usaf-vet 11 hrs ago #16

YES!!!! Shellback Squid 11 hrs ago #12

Wow! Lulu KC 11 hrs ago #13

Good for Peltier, but too bad it wasn't done 4 years ago MichMan 11 hrs ago #14

I can hardly believe it!! catchnrelease 11 hrs ago #15

Oh! ALL RIGHT! nt leftyladyfrommo 11 hrs ago #17

Oh that is a huge huge relief Easterncedar 11 hrs ago #18

I don't know if he'll accept. The Grand Illuminist 11 hrs ago #19

I thought their reasons were because they did not want life in prison Polybius 11 hrs ago #25

If accepted, they accept the guilt they are fighting against. The Grand Illuminist 9 hrs ago #37

Appeals don't apply in Peltier's case. He ran out of appeals long ago. wnylib 7 hrs ago #40

He has accepted it n/t Lulu KC 6 hrs ago #42

Good. Paladin 11 hrs ago #20

So this doesn't mean he pardoned him. Article says Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to 50 Shades Of Blue 11 hrs ago #21

Forced to wear an ankle monitor? MichMan 11 hrs ago #26

The last article I read was that all he wanted was to Bitbit 10 hrs ago #28

Oh my heart, FM123 11 hrs ago #22

I suspected he was waiting for the very last thing before he was out BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #23

K/R Dawson Leery 11 hrs ago #24

Overjoyed...after all these decades !! Sequoia 11 hrs ago #27

same Kali999 10 hrs ago #35

The identity H2O Man 10 hrs ago #36

My ❤❤❤ soars like an eagle... ultralite001 10 hrs ago #29

Fantastic Magoo48 10 hrs ago #30

"" AllaN01Bear 10 hrs ago #31

K&R red dog 1 10 hrs ago #32

One Drop Of Good News... GB_RN 10 hrs ago #33

"Clemency" forsooth. malthaussen 10 hrs ago #34

Great Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 8 hrs ago #38

Justice. George McGovern 7 hrs ago #39

Post removed Post removed 7 hrs ago #41

He was not pardoned n/t Lulu KC 6 hrs ago #43

Correct my mistake, clemency is the word, either way he is not in prison anymore and the two FBI agents are still dead. endgenocide 6 hrs ago #44

"There was never evidence that Peltier committed a crime..." JoseBalow 5 hrs ago #45

Amen n/t Lulu KC 5 hrs ago #47

End genocide, huh? Lulu KC 5 hrs ago #46