Native American activist moves to home imprisonment after Joe Biden commuted sentence at end of presidency:
For decades, advocates such as Nelson Mandela, Pope Francis and James H Reynolds, the US attorney who handled the prosecution and appeal of Peltier’s case, have fought for his release.
In recent years, Reynolds has written to various presidents, asking them to grant Peltier clemency and calling his prosecution “unjust”.
In a letter to Biden in 2021, Reynolds stated that Peltier’s continued incarceration reflected a flawed justice system.
Peltier’s “conviction and continued incarceration is a testament to a time and a system of justice that no longer has a place in our society”, he wrote.
