Horiuchi got away with murder. Idaho tried to punish him but could not make it stick.
Didn't the prosecutor who filed the charges against Horiuchi get voted out of office before a trial?
The newly elected prosecutor dropped the charges.
If this be true, the money trail for the candidacy of the new prosecutor would be interesting.
just to complete the thought:
In 1997, the Boundary County, Idaho district attorney charged Horiuchi with involuntary manslaughter, but the indictment was removed to federal jurisdiction based on the Supremacy Clause. The indictment was dismissed first by the Federal District Court, but the dismissal was reversed by an en banc panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Shortly after the 9th Circuit issued its decision, however, the prosecutor moved to dismiss the case, and the U.S. District Court granted the motion on June 26, 2001.