Jennifer Bendery
Jennifer Bendery is a seasoned political reporter with extensive experience covering Congress, the White House, and various state legislatures for reputable publications. She currently serves as a senior politics reporter for HuffPost, where she has been since April 2011. Prior to joining HuffPost, Bendery worked as a congressional reporter for Roll Call and covered the Texas Legislature for GalleryWatch in Austin, TX. She also has experience in book publishing and health care policy reporting. Her work often focuses on political developments and their implications for the public.
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The Daily's Verdict
This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.
Bias
80%
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- But his trial was full of misconduct, including federal prosecutors hiding evidence that exonerated Peltier and the FBI threatening and coercing witnesses into lying.
- Indigenous leaders and human rights advocates have been stepping up their calls on Biden to release Peltier, too.
- There is an argument to be made that Biden is uniquely positioned to be the president who finally lets Peltier go home.
Conflicts of Interest
100%
Examples:
No current examples available.
Contradictions
75%
Examples:
- Leonard Peltier has been in prison since 1977 for the conviction of killing two FBI agents.
- Leonard Peltier is unlikely to live long enough to try for parole again due to his age and poor health.
- Leonard Peltier was denied parole on Tuesday.
Deceptions
50%
Examples:
- Granting parole for Peltier would only serve to diminish the brutality of his crime and further the suffering of the surviving families of agents Coler and Williams, as well as the larger FBI family.
- He had been separated from his co-defendants, all of whom had already been acquitted on grounds of self-defense.
- , the U.S. attorney who prosecuted him, know he was never due.
Recent Articles
Leonard Peltier's Denied Parole: A Controversial Decision Amidst Calls for Release and Allegations of Racism
Broke On: Tuesday, 02 July 2024In July 2024, Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist serving life sentences for the 1975 fatal shootings of FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams, was denied parole despite calls for release due to concerns over fair trial procedures and declining health. Controversy surrounds his case as supporters view him as a political prisoner symbolizing racism in the US justice system. 
Leonard Peltier's Upcoming Parole Hearing: Four Decades After FBI Agents' Death
Broke On: Sunday, 09 June 2024Native American activist Leonard Peltier, convicted for the 1975 killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on the Oglala Nation, faces a parole hearing on June 10, 2024. Supporters question the validity of his initial conviction due to alleged flawed evidence.