And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Many Horses Case: Committee Wants New Prosecutor http://www.yankton.net/stories/092499/new_0924990017.html ABERDEEN (AP) -- American Indian activists and others upset with an investigation into the death of Robert ''Boo'' Many Horses say they want a new prosecutor in the case. ''We don't trust the state's attorney, Dan Todd, and we feel he is going to let the four defendants get away with their crimes,'' said Mark White Bull, a member of the Justice for Boo Committee. Todd, the Walworth County state's attorney, said he was prosecuting the case as vigorously as possible. ''Right now we're awaiting a decision from the magistrate judge on the preliminary hearing,'' he said. ''Until the judge makes his decision there is nothing else we can do.'' The hearing was held early last month to determine if there's enough evidence for the case to proceed. Judge Tony Portra also gave lawyers extra time to submit written arguments. Many Horses was found dead June 30 in a garbage can in a Mobridge alley. Autopsy results showed he died of alcohol poisoning. Four white teen-agers charged in connection with the death are under house arrest. Layne Gisi, 19, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter, aggravated assault, and abuse or neglect of a disabled adult. Ryan Goehring, 16; Joy Lynn Hahne, 18; and Jody Larson, 19; all are charged with aiding and abetting and with being an accessory to a crime and not reporting it. Each could get up to life in prison if convicted of first-degree manslaughter or accessory to first-degree manslaughter. The Justice for Boo Committee included its request for a new prosecutor in a list of allegations presented Tuesday to Assistant U.S. Attorney David Zuercher. Among the charges: -- Many Horses' death was a hate crime, based upon past incidents involving the defendants. -- Numerous other people should have been interviewed to show a pattern of behavior by the defendants. -- The investigation was improperly conducted, and at times hindered, by investigators. Todd denies all the allegations. Other disagreements also have surfaced. White Bull said Zuercher and U.S. Department of Justice officials had promised to step in if charges against the four white defendants were dropped or further reduced. Zuercher said he never promised any federal prosecution. ''I did meet with them, along with the DOJ, and I will be passing along their allegations to the U.S. attorney and to the civil rights division of the DOJ, but no promises were made,'' he said. Zuercher said the meeting was arranged by the Department of Justice's community relations division, which goes into areas of racial tension and tries to lessen the problems through communication. Reprinted under the Fair Use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ UPDATES: CAMP JUSTICE http://shell.webbernet.net/~ishgooda/oglala/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&