i've been following this since his 'conviction' and never was convinced that he had anything to do with the things he was accused of doing;

Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has always maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents 50 years ago, returned to his home Tuesday in North Dakota hours after his release from a federal prison in Florida after then-President Joe Biden commuted his two life sentences.

The act of clemency permits Peltier, who is 80 and has been in declining health for years, to serve his remaining days in home confinement.

Peltier was transferred by jet to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation, and will be welcomed with celebrations to "reconnect with his home community and adjust back into life among his people," the NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led advocacy organization, said in a statement.

"We made a commitment to free Leonard Peltier and bring him back to his homelands — this is us fulfilling that commitment," Nick Tilsen, the organization's founder, said........more.........