A federal jury acquitted a man from the Crow Reservation of Montana of killing his uncle in a drunk-driving accident.
Sean Three Irons, 34, had been charged with involuntary manslaughter. He was accused of killing his uncle, Dean Three Irons, 52, in an October 2002 accident in which alcohol likely played a factor.
The defense said witness accounts of the crash indicated it was unclear who was driving the truck at the time of the accident. Sean Three Irons had a blood-alcohol concentration of .25 percent. Dean Three Irons had a blood-alcohol concentration of .32 percent.
Get the Story:
Crow Agency man cleared in road death
(The Billings Gazette 8/18)
Jury finds man not guilty for reservation accident
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Trending in News
1 Tribes rush to respond to new coronavirus emergency created by Trump administration
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'
2 'At this rate the entire tribe will be extinct': Zuni Pueblo sees COVID-19 cases double as first death is confirmed
3 Arne Vainio: 'A great sickness has been visited upon us as human beings'
4 Arne Vainio: Zoongide'iwin is the Ojibwe word for courage
5 Cayuga Nation's division leads to a 'human rights catastrophe'