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Yorie von Kahl

In Custody
Date of birth:12. 08. 1959
Age:67
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
Inmate Number:#04565-059
State:North Dakota
Time Imprisoned:
43 Years 8 Months 10 Days
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Yorie von Kahl

Biography

Yorie von Kahl is the son of Gordon Wendell Kahl and, like his father, was associated with the Posse Comitatus tax-protest movement. He was convicted for his role in the February 1983 shootout near Medina, North Dakota, in which two U.S. Marshals were killed, and is serving a life sentence. He was held at USP Leavenworth, transferred to the maximum-security penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana when Leavenworth was downgraded to medium security, and is currently held at FCI Pekin, Illinois.

Case

Federal Correctional Institution, Pekin
Charges: Murder of two U.S. Marshals (February 1983 shootout near Medina, North Dakota)
Incarcerated: 1983
Sentence: Serving a life sentence; held at USP Leavenworth, then USP Terre Haute, and currently FCI Pekin. Verdict as recorded: Convicted, 1983; sentenced to life
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Illinois