SCOTT FAUL

Judge denies sentence reduction for man convicted in fatal shootout with U.S. Marshals

Scott FaulBISMARCK, N.D. – A federal judge has denied a sentence reduction sought by a man convicted of murder in connection to a shootout that killed two U.S. marshals in North Dakota. Sixty-seven-year-old Scott Faul has been in federal custody since 1983. Faul, along with tax protester Gordon Kahl and Kahl’s son, Yorie, were involved in a shootout near Medina,…

Judge Makes Decision on New Trial for 1983 Medina Murders

The officers were trying to arrest Kahl's father, Gordon, for not paying his taxes

  MEDINA, ND — Yorie Kahl will not get a trial on a defamation lawsuit he filed against a news agency. Kahl and Scott Faul were convicted of murder in the 1983 deaths of two officers in Medina. The officers were trying to arrest Kahl’s father, Gordon, for not paying his taxes. Yorie Kahl alleged the Bureau of National Affairs…