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HolyElk Lafferty was convicted this month on trespass and rioting charges. She is sentenced to a year probation and fines (Photo: courtesy HolyElk Lafferty)

Monday, June 11, 2018 – The case against Standing Rock pipeline demonstrators

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Prosecutors brought 835 cases related to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in North Dakota. Almost 40 percent of those were dismissed, according to the Water Protector Legal Collective. Since the end of the demonstrations more than a year ago there have been a handful of acquittals. About a fifth of those charged are still awaiting trial. We’ll get an update on the remaining legal cases and hear about how some of the individual cases turned out.

Mentioned on the show:

Freshet Collective

water protector prisoner page

Guests:

Leoyla Cowboy (Diné) – water protector

HolyElk Lafferty (Sičháŋǧu, Oglála and Mnikȟówožu Lakota) – advocate and water protector

Sam Saylor – attorney for the Freshet Collective

Break 1 Music: Standing Rock (feat. Nick Ørbæk Jacobsen) (song) Uyarakq (artist) Miseraq (album)

Break 2 Music: Cree Honor Song (song) Randy Wood (artist) The Gift of Life (album)

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