A former federal prosecutor who led the case against Native American activist Leonard Peltier at trial in 1977 has died. Lynn Crooks died Sunday at the age of 83. He was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 2002 and served at various times as first assistant U.S. attorney and acting U.S. attorney.
FARGO, N.D. — A former federal prosecutor who handled such prominent cases as the 1977 trial of Native American activist Leonard Peltier has died.Crooks was an assistant U.S. attorney from 1969 to 2002, and led the prosecution team at Peltier’s trial in Fargo,Peltier was convicted in connection with the shooting deaths of two FBI agents in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
Crooks served in various roles during his career, including as first assistant U.S. Attorney and acting U.S. attorney. In 2000, he told The Associated Press that his calling was to be a federal prosecutor. “If I had the opportunity to go back and change it all, I wouldn’t change a thing,” Crooks said then. “I don’t think there’s any better job a lawyer could have.
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