[IPSM] Charges against John Graham Dropped!!!!!

[Macdonald Stainsby]

U.S. indictment against man charged in 1975 slaying of Canadian woman 
dismissed

1 hour ago

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A judge in South Dakota has dismissed the indictment 
against a Canadian man in the decades-old slaying of Annie Mae Aquash, a 
fellow Canadian aboriginal activist.

John Graham was charged with the shooting death of Aquash on the Pine 
Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota in 1975. Both Graham and 
Aquash,, a Mi'kmaq from Pictou, N.S., were affiliated with the American 
Indian Movement.

Graham's lawyer asked federal Judge Lawrence Piersol to dismiss the 
indictment against his client on technical grounds.

The lawyer argued that the U.S. government didn't have jurisdiction 
because the accused and victim were both members of Canadian tribes.

Prosecutors argued that the indictment was sound because the other man 
indicted and already convicted, Arlo Looking Cloud, fits the U.S. 
definition of Indian.

Although Monday's scheduled trial in Rapid City, S.D., is now off, 
officials say prosecutors can seek another indictment against Graham.