Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called on President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murdering two FBI agents in a controversial 1977 trial, before he leaves office.

Peltier is “among those who deserve grace and mercy,” Schatz said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

“If there was ever a case that merited compassionate release, Leonard Peltier’s is it," he continued. "This is exactly what that awesome presidential power is for. To right a historic wrong.........

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