Thelma Conroy-Rios

Thelma Conroy-Rios ''Yan asalin Amurka ce. Wataƙila an fi saninta da sa hannu a cikin abin da ya faru na Wounded Knee da kuma sa hannu a kisan 'yar'uwarta ta Indiya ta Amurka Anna Mae Aquash. Da farko an tuhumi Rios da kisan kai amma daga baya ya amince da yarjejeniyar neman gafara kuma ya yi ikirarin cewa yana da laifi a cikin satar Aquash kuma an yanke masa hukuncin shekaru biyar a kurkuku.

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Tsakanin 1974 da 1975, Thelma Conroy-Rios ya ba da izinin ɗan'uwansa ɗan gwagwarmaya Harry Hill (wanda aka sani da sunansa na tsakiya, David) ya zauna tare da ita. An ce Conroy-Rios da Hill suna da hannu a cikin auren doka.

Ko da yake tsohuwar matarsa Thelma Conroy-Rios ta gano shi a matsayin 'yar sanda,  ana jayayya da rawar da Hill ke takawa a matsayin jami'in shari'a.

Conroy-Rios ya gano Hill kamar yadda ya haifar da Rikicin Kotun Custer wanda ya faru a 1973 biyo bayan hukuncin kwana daya na kurkuku na mai kisan kai Darld Schmitz, tsohon sojan saman White Air Force a kisan Wesley Bad Heart Bull.  A cewar Conroy-Rios, "Ya fara duka, Dave. Ya tayar da tarzoma. Ya kasance daidai a can. Ya gaya mini haka, da alfahari, sau da yawa. Ya tayari da wannan tashin hankali na kotun ma. Na kasance a can. Na gan shi ya fara, yana buga 'yan sanda. A lokacin da kowa ya yi tunanin yana da girma. Ya kasance jarumi kuma kowa ya amince da shi, gami da ni. "  Asusun Conroy-Rio ya tabbatar da wani asusun daban da aka samu a littafin Peter Matthiessen In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.

Conroy-Rios daliba ce da ta yi rajista a Jami'ar Jihar Black Hills, amma dole ne ta bar bayan an haifi 'yarta da cutar jini a shekarar 1970. 

 Tarihin Shari'a 

 Kisan Anna Mae Aquash 
Anna Mae Aquash mace ce mai fafutuka a cikin rukunin Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka .

Ranar 11 ga Disamba, 1975, an tilasta Aquash fita daga gidan Denver AIM Troy Lynn S. Yellow Wood duk da rashin amincewar na karshen cewa wani abu mara kyau zai faru da Aquash.  An kai ta wani gida a Rapid City, South Dakota mallakar ɗan'uwan Russell Means, kuma yayin da ake yi mata tambayoyi, John Graham ya yi mata fyade.  An koma Aquash zuwa gidaje biyu mallakar Thelma Conroy-Rios.  Binciken Cloud ya nuna cewa ya ji Graham da Aquash suna yin jima'i a cikin ɗakin kwana na gidan Rapid City (wanda mallakar mallakar Thelma Conroy-Rios da mahaifiyarta,   kai ga masu gabatar da kara suna zargin cewa Graham ya yi wa Aquash fyade. Graham  wa wanda aka azabtar fyade a gidan Thelma Rios a kan Disamba   An kawar da Aquash  Theda Nelson Clarke, wata mace mai fafutuka ta AIM, ta sami umarni don "ma'amala da Aquash" daga Rapid City, South Dakota mai fafutukar Indiyawa ta Amurka  .

An yi zargin kisan kiyashin Aquash ya samo asali ne daga kuskuren gaskata cewa Aquash mai ba da labari ne ga gwamnati. Looking Cloud, tare da Theda Nelson Clarke da John 'John Boy Patton' Graham, sun tilasta Aquash a bayan mota kuma sun kai ta wani bangare mai nisa na Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Clarke ta tuka daga Denver, Colorado zuwa wurin harbi a Pine Ridge Indian Reservation a cikin ja Pinto.Konigsberg, Eric (July 28, 2008).  An harbe Aquash a matsayin kisa a bayan kai kuma an bar shi ya mutu."Why Was Anna Mae Aquash Really Murdered?".  An gano jikinta a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, 1976  a kan Pine Ridge Indian Reservation a kasan wani kwari da ke kusa da wata babbar hanya mai nisa.  An bayyana cewa an kashe Aquash ta hanyar amfani da bindiga, yayin da binciken gawa ya nuna cewa an matse bakin bindigar a bayan wuyanta. Rahoton mai binciken ya nuna cewa ban da mummunan raunin bindiga, fallasawa ya ba da gudummawa ga mutuwar Aquash.

 Kotun 
An gurfanar da Conroy-Rios a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 2009 a kan wani laifi na kisan kai don satar mutane da kuma wani laifi na kashe Anna Mae Aquash, tare da shari'ar da aka shirya don Nuwamba. Rios ta amince da yarjejeniyar neman gafara wacce ta ba ta damar kauce wa zuwa shari'a kan zargin kisan kai,  wanda ya haifar da neman laifi don yin aiki a matsayin kayan haɗi a satar Aquash, kuma a sakamakon haka, an yanke mata hukuncin yin shekaru biyar a kurkuku.  Rios ta yarda cewa an ajiye Aquash a gidanta a Rapid City, Dakota ta Kudu, sannan aka kai ta Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Alkalin Delaney na Dakota ta Kudu ya dakatar da hukuncin shekaru biyar kuma a maimakon haka ya ba da umarni ga kwanaki 90 a kurkuku, wanda Rios ya yi yayin da yake jiran a sake shi a kan jingina. A cikin yarjejeniyar neman gafara, Rios ta nuna cewa ta ji wasu mutane biyu da ke son a kashe Aquash, amma an gyara waɗannan sunayen daga takardun kotu."And Then There Were Four: Thelma Rios Indicted for the Murder of Anna Mae Aquash".  Masu gabatar da kara da lauyoyin kare sun nemi a rufe yarjejeniyar neman Conroy-Rios, wanda alƙalin ya amince kuma ya aiwatar da shi.

 Mutuwa 
A ranar Laraba, 9 ga Fabrairu, 2011, Rios ya mutu a karfe 4:30 na yamma DST Laraba na rikitarwa daga ciwon daji na huhu a Rapid City, Dakota ta Kudu a asibitin yankin Rapid City.Garrigan, Mary (February 11, 2011).  Lauyan Matt Kinney ya bayyana cewa an gano Rios da ciwon daji na huhu jim kadan bayan tattaunawar yarjejeniyar da ta yi. 

 Kyauta 
Kafin mutuwarta, Rios ta ba da sunayen mutane a waje da abokan aikinta waɗanda suka shiga cikin shirya kisan Anna Mae Aquash. Kodayake Conroy-Rios ta mutu kafin ta iya raba bayanan gabaɗaya, Babban Lauyan Dakota ta Kudu Marty Jackley yana da damar yin amfani da sanarwa da ta rantse kuma ya nuna cewa shari'ar ba ta ƙare ba.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2011
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