South Dakota:
Life Sentence in 1975 Killing of Indian Activist
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/25brfs-LIFESENTENCE_BRF.htm
Published: January 24, 2011
A man convicted in the 1975 death of an American Indian Movement
activist will serve life in prison, a judge ruled on Monday. The man,
John Graham, was convicted of second-degree murder for participating
in a kidnapping that ended in Annie Mae Aquash's death. State law
from the time of the killing requires a sentence of life without
parole, said Marty Jackley, the state attorney general. Mr. Graham
appeared before Judge John Delaney on Monday to receive his sentence.
A second man, Arlo Looking Cloud, was convicted in 2004 in connection
with the death, which remains synonymous with violent clashes of the
1970s between movement activists and federal agents. Mr. Looking
Cloud testified that he had watched Mr. Graham shoot Ms. Aquash. The
authorities say they believe that movement leaders ordered her death
because they thought she was helping the government, which officials
have denied.
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