BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former U.S. District Judge Paul Benson, who presided over high-profile murder trials involving American Indian activist Leonard Peltier and suspects in the killing of two federal ...
Former U.S. District Judge Paul Benson, who presided over trials involving a federal marshal's shootout in Medina and American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, has died. He was 85.