American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview ... by the Trump administration. Randy Furst and Andy Mannix of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this story.

Before leaving office, President Biden commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who has been in prison since his conviction for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence of Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine ...