Wounded Knee Charges Dropped

Wounded Knee Charges Dropped

The Justice Department, in early February, recommended that all charges against 50 persons involved in the 1973 occupation of Wounded Knee be dropped.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Keith Uhl told Judge Andrew Bogue that the defendants were not involved in leadership positions during the siege-and that the government now believes there is not enough evidence to prosecute them.

If Bogue grants the dismissals, only 12 other Wounded Knee cases remain to be tried.