Aquash's Murder: Hermeneutical and Post-Modern Legal Analysis in Light of the Murder of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash

A rancher on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation discovered the frostbitten corpse of a Jane Doe at the bottom of a cliff in February 1976. An autopsy determined she had died of exposure, and the FBI sent her severed hands to Washington for analysis. Weeks later, a match of fingerprints led to exhumation and another autopsy, revealing that she had been shot in the head. Those sympathetic to AIM assumed hers was one of nearly 200 unsolved murders during an era of martial law. Months before her murder, a gun battle between AIM members and two young FBI agents forced her to flee with her friend and fellow agitator Leonard Peltier. Peltier was eventually convicted of double murder, prompting unsuccessful popular movements for a Presidential pardon.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 104 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2024
Publisher: Trine Day

The brutal South Dakota winter of 1976 was coming to an end when a rancher on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation made a shocking discovery. At the bottom of a 30-foot cliff, just 100 feet from a state highway, he found the frozen body of a Jane Doe, who had died of exposure. The FBI sent her severed hands to Washington for analysis. Weeks later, a fingerprint match led to the exhumation of the body, revealing that she had been shot in the head. Many believed that her murder was just one of the nearly 200 unsolved murders that occurred during an era of martial law known as the Reign of Terror. Months before her murder, Aquash had been forced to flee with her friend and fellow agitator Leonard Peltier after a deadly gun battle between AIM members and two young FBI agents. Peltier was eventually convicted of double murder, despite denying FBI claims that he was the one who delivered the coup de grâce shots to the agents. This sparked unsuccessful popular movements for a Presidential pardon.

Weight: 206g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781634244503