Augustus Standingrock

On August 16, 2017 many lives were shattered when 15 year-old Marilyn Pickett and 24 year-old Jackson Wiles were killed and their bodies dismembered by Augustus Standingrock and Tiffanie Rae Pierce.

Tiffanie Rae Pierce and Augustus Standingrock were sentenced on Friday by District Judge James Wheelis to two life terms in the Montana State Prison, after being found guilty for the murder of 24 year-old Jackson Wiles and 15 year-old Marilyn Pickett.

Tiffanie Rae Pierce entered pleas of guilty to two charges on Thursday in a case in which two people were murdered and their bodies dismembered and placed in vats of acid.

On Friday, Missoula District Court Judge James Wheelis issued a ruling regarding a request by accused double murderer Tiffanie Rae Pierce to move her trial out of Missoula.

In a surprise hearing at the Missoula County Courthouse on Friday morning, 26 year-old Augustus Standingrock chose to plead guilty to deliberate homicide and accountability to deliberate homicide in the deaths of two people in August of 2017.

The Missoula County Attorney’s office has been quiet for the past few weeks with felony offenses in the single digits, but the lull in the action came to a halt this week.

The U.S. Constitution guarantees a speedy trial for anyone accused of a crime. Why, then are some suspects kept in jail for months at a time before being tried?