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TACOMA, Wash., May 16 (UPI) -- A tribal judge with the Makah Nation in Washington state had to give up prosecuting five men for illegally killing a gray whale because he could not get a jury. One of the whalers told the Seattle Times the judge questioned 200 potential jurors from Neah Bay, a...
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Makah court defers prosecution for tribal whalers
Associated Press NEAH BAY, Wash. - A Makah tribal judge has deferred prosecution for five tribal members who killed a gray whale last September in an unsanctioned hunt off the Washington coast. Wednesday's decision came months after the Makah Tribal Council had publicly promised to prosecute...
NEAH BAY: Prosecution deferred for Makahs who hunted, killed gray whale
A Makah tribal judge deferred prosecution for five tribal members who killed a gray whale. The court was unable to seat a jury for trial in Neah Bay on tribal charges of animal cruelty and discharging a firearm. Most of the 200 potential jurors were related to the defendants or had strong...
No jury for whaling trial
TACOMA, Wash., May 16 (UPI) -- A tribal judge with the Makah Nation in Washington state had to give up prosecuting five men for illegally killing a gray whale because he could not get a jury. One of the whalers told the Seattle Times the judge questioned 200 potential jurors from Neah Bay, a...
Makah Court Defers Prosecution For 5 Who Killed Gray Whale
The Seattle Times reports that a Makah tribal judge has deferred prosecution for five tribalmembers who killed a gray whale last September in an unsanctioned huntoff the Washington coast. Wednesdays decision came months after the Makah Tribal Council hadpublicly promised to prosecute those...
Makah court defers prosecution for 5 who killed gray whale
NEAH BAY, Wash. — A Makah judge deferred prosecution for five tribal members who killed a gray whale. The court was unable to seat a jury for trial in Neah Bay on tribal charges of animal cruelty and discharging a firearm. Most of the 200 potential jurors were related to the defendants or had...
Makah judge fails to empanel jury to prosecute whalers
They promised tough prosecution, but in the end the Makah Nation couldn't put together a jury to try five whalers who were charged with illegally killing a gray whale off Neah Bay last fall. Tribal Judge Stanley Myers on Wednesday instead granted the men one-year deferred prosecution and promised...
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