Canadian John Graham, a member of the Champagne/Aishihik First Nations, was extradited to the USA on the basis he could be charged as an American Indian for the murder of Annie May Aquash in 1975 in the US. Documents kept at the Denver Police station prove the US Department of Justice has known since 1998 that it could not prosecute a Canadian aboriginal person, and Graham in particular. And the US may have tricked Canadian officials by never mentioning that fact when they requested an extradition three years ago. Once Graham was extradited, US prosecutors dropped the federal charges (in February) because Graham could not be considered an American Indian. Graham had, however, already been hit with murder charges from the state of South Dakota after he was extradited. If the federal department knew they would eventually lose the case, it means they convinced Canada to release one of its citizens on a false premise, and they planned to only hit him with state charges all along.

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