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The Buffalo Post: Aquash’s family, juror react to conviction in S.D. reservation slaying

12.12.10

An undated file photo provided by her family shows American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Pictou Aquash. Aquash's murder which occurred 35 years ago next month, quickly became synonymous with the violent clashes between AIM and federal authorities in the 1970s. John Graham, heads to trial on first-degree murder charges in Aquash's Wednesday in South Dakota. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the family)The Buffalo Post � Blog Archive � Aquash’s family, juror react to conviction in S.D. reservation slaying: "RAPID CITY, S.D. — A South Dakota jury returned a murder conviction Friday in the decades-old killing of an American Indian Movement activist whose death came to symbolize AIM and its often violent struggles with federal agents during the 1970s.

John Graham, a 55-year-old former member of the group, was convicted of felony murder during the kidnapping of Annie Mae Aquash. The jury acquitted him of premeditated murder.

Lead prosecutor Marty Jackley, the state’s attorney general, said the murder charge carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Jackley said he wasn’t sure whether parole was an option."

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