“The lives, safety, and financial security of targeted individuals and their families are severely impacted by baseless and politically motivated investigations,” Biden said.
“The mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage their reputations and finances,
Even when individuals have done nothing wrong and will ultimately be exonerated,” he said. Notable Pardons and Commutations
Leonard Peltier’s sentence was commuted, and two other inmates were pardoned as part of Biden’s last acts of mercy. For murdering.
Two FBI agents in a 1975 gunfight on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, has been serving a life sentence.
