Criminal Law
A Nebraska Man Is Found Guilty of Manslaughter in the Killing of His Fiance
A federal jury on Wednesday found a northeastern Nebraska man guilty of voluntary manslaughter and obstruction of justice in the killing of his fiancé last year on the Winnebago Indian Reservation.
Jonathan Rooney, 27, faces as many as 20 years in prison on the obstruction of justice by destruction of evidence charge and 15 years for voluntary manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Kozee Decorah, the Sioux City Journal reported.
Rooney had been charged with second-degree murder, but the jury instead found him guilty of the lesser sentence of voluntary manslaughter, sparing him from the possibility of life in prison.
