The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents.

Former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who had been imprisoned for nearly 50 years, on Jan. 20.

The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.

Jesse Short Bull and David France's documentary tells Peltier's story all the way through President Joe Biden's commutation.

The warning comes after the joyous twist of clemency for the Indigenous activist, as shown in a Sundance film premiering Monday

More than 100 people gathered Jan. 25 on the Pine Ridge Reservation at the site of the June 26, 1975, shootout that left two FBI agents and a Native man dead

The outgoing Biden administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975.

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during a 1999 interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan. President Joe Biden commuted to home confinement Peltier's life sentence after he spent most of his life in prison for the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975.

Peltier is expected to be released from U.S. Penitentiary Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, in mid-February.

President Biden said the decision will allow Peltier, an 80-year-old Native American activist, to fulfill the remainder of his sentence from home.