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By DAVE KOLPACK (AP)  
RAPID CITY, S.D. — A federal jury Thursday found a man not guilty in a killing on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 34 years ago, during the height of the militant American Indian Movement. 
Richard Marshall was accused of providing the gun that was used to kill American Indian Movement activist Annie [...]

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By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press Writer , The Associated Press -
Thirty-four years after Annie Mae Aquash’s frozen body was found on a South Dakota Indian reservation, the federal case against a man accused of assisting in her killing has been further delayed due to the discovery of a box of evidence in the basement of [...]

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(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chuck Stoody, File)
By CARSON WALKER (AP) – 2 hours ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group’s leaders suspected she was a government informant.
John Graham, of [...]

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South Dakota judge: One trial for two AIM members
By The Associated Press Saturday, April 25, 2009

A U.S. District Court judge has affirmed a magistrate judge’s conclusion that two men charged with the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member can be tried together.John Graham and Richard Marshall are to stand trial May 12 [...]

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Feds look to bring in rape claims, more witness in 1975 AIM slaying trialBy Carson Walker, The Associated Press Sunday, November 09, 2008
Federal prosecutors handling the 1975 slaying of a woman want to include testimony at trial alleging one of the defendants raped her and statements made by several other people involved, according to court [...]

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Canadian man re-indicted by U.S. jury in 1975 killing caseLast Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 8:25 PM ET Comments0Recommend1The Associated Press Federal grand jurors in South Dakota have indicted a Canadian man again and joined his case with another American Indian Movement member also charged with a 32-year-old homicide.
John Graham was to stand trial [...]

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New complaint filed against Canadian in decades-old slayingLast Updated: Friday, October 3, 2008 | 6:43 PM ET CBC News
U.S. prosecutors filed a new complaint against a former Yukon man on Friday, less than two hours after a South Dakota judge dismissed his indictment in the killing of a Nova Scotia woman almost 33 years [...]

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U.S. judge could stop trial of Canadian in decades-old killing
Last Updated: Thursday, October 2, 2008 | 2:41 PM ET Comments14Recommend8CBC News A judge in Sioux Falls, S.D., will decide Friday whether the U.S. government has jurisdiction in the case of a Yukon man accused of killing a woman from Nova Scotia 33 years ago.
John Graham, [...]

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John Graham asks judge to dismiss murder indictmentDefense claims U.S. court lacks jurisdiction in case involving CanadiansBy Heidi Bell Gease, Journal staff Thursday, September 25, 2008
The defense attorney for murder suspect John Graham has filed a motion asking that the indictment against Graham be dismissed, arguing that the U.S. District Court does not have jurisdiction [...]

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3rd man charged in 1975 American Indian Movement slaying on South Dakota reservationBy CARSON WALKER , Associated Press
Last update: August 26, 2008 – 6:47 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A federal grand jury has indicted a third man in connection with the 1975 slaying of an American Indian Movement member on the Pine Ridge Indian [...]

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