Marty Scott

The five-day trial is scheduled for the week of Dec. 4.

George Dickerson appeared in Natrona County District Court for his arraignment today.

Second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder are punishable by at least 20 years imprisonment.

Natrona County District Court Judge Daniel Forgey on April 21 sentenced Olinza Headd to 17-to-20 years behind bars for manslaughter.

Those 54 men knew they were putting their lives on the line, he said. Five of them were captured and tortured by the British military. Two of them died.

"Freedom for Olinza; set him free!" rang throughout the downtown area as several supporters of Olinza Headd and his family protested the sentence that he was given after shooting and killing the man who he said molested his granddaughter.

Under Wyoming law, a person is not culpable for criminal conduct if, at the time of the offense, a mental illness caused the accused to lose appreciation for their actions.

The powerful play tells the story of a successful businessman who let his partner take the fall for selling defective airplane engines to the air force in WWII.