Imprisoned American Indian Movement activist Leonard Peltier was pressured to give false evidence in the murder case of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, a lawyer said on Tuesday.

Peltier gave the information to U.S. prosecutors in hopes of helping his own case, a lawyer for a man charged with Aquash's murder said. But now he suggests he was coerced.

The allegation came during the extradition hearing for John Graham, a Canadian Native man wanted for Aquash's 1975 murder on the Pine Ridge Reservation. A court in British Columbia is deciding whether to turn him over to the U.S. to go to trial.

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Graham lawyer asks that extradition proceedings be dismissed (AP 1/25)

Relevant Links:
Looking Cloud trial transcripts - http://home.earthlink.net/~cloud_transcripts
Lakota Perspective - http://www.lakotaperspectives.com
John Graham Defense Committee - http://www.grahamdefense.org
Indigenous Women for Justice - http://www.indigenouswomenforjustice.org
Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash Info - http://www.dickshovel.com/annalay.html

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