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George McGovern

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39. Justice.

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 04:33 PM

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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier [View all] Polybius Jan 20 OP

Finally mikeysnot Jan 20 #1

Everyone in my apartment building must have heard me scream 'YES" dflprincess Jan 20 #2

I joined in that scream rurallib Jan 20 #6

Good. Basso8vb Jan 20 #3

Best news today. cachukis Jan 20 #4

Ty, Joe! SheltieLover Jan 20 #5

It was a brilliant move to do it in the 11th hour. This will retard JohnSJ Jan 20 #7

So true. wnylib Jan 20 #9

Thank God that someone in this country had the wnylib Jan 20 #8

I had lost hope Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 20 #10

YES! YES! YES finally. usaf-vet Jan 20 #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 Jan 20 #16

YES!!!! Shellback Squid Jan 20 #12

Wow! Lulu KC Jan 20 #13

Good for Peltier, but too bad it wasn't done 4 years ago MichMan Jan 20 #14

I can hardly believe it!! catchnrelease Jan 20 #15

Oh! ALL RIGHT! nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 20 #17

Oh that is a huge huge relief Easterncedar Jan 20 #18

I don't know if he'll accept. The Grand Illuminist Jan 20 #19

I thought their reasons were because they did not want life in prison Polybius Jan 20 #25

If accepted, they accept the guilt they are fighting against. The Grand Illuminist Jan 20 #37

Appeals don't apply in Peltier's case. He ran out of appeals long ago. wnylib Jan 20 #40

He has accepted it n/t Lulu KC Jan 20 #42

Good. Paladin Jan 20 #20

So this doesn't mean he pardoned him. Article says Biden commuted Peltier's life sentence to 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 20 #21

Forced to wear an ankle monitor? MichMan Jan 20 #26

The last article I read was that all he wanted was to Bitbit Jan 20 #28

Oh my heart, FM123 Jan 20 #22

I suspected he was waiting for the very last thing before he was out BumRushDaShow Jan 20 #23

K/R Dawson Leery Jan 20 #24

Overjoyed...after all these decades !! Sequoia Jan 20 #27

same Kali999 Jan 20 #35

The identity H2O Man Jan 20 #36

My ❤❤❤ soars like an eagle... ultralite001 Jan 20 #29

Fantastic Magoo48 Jan 20 #30

"" AllaN01Bear Jan 20 #31

K&R red dog 1 Jan 20 #32

One Drop Of Good News... GB_RN Jan 20 #33

"Clemency" forsooth. malthaussen Jan 20 #34

Great Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 20 #38

Justice. George McGovern Jan 20 #39

Post removed Post removed Jan 20 #41

He was not pardoned n/t Lulu KC Jan 20 #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 Jan 20 #44

"There was never evidence that Peltier committed a crime..." JoseBalow Jan 20 #45

Amen n/t Lulu KC Jan 20 #47

End genocide, huh? Lulu KC Jan 20 #46