Leo Ryan Larry Layton that "there's no way he's a defector. He's too close to Jones." Layton was the only former Peoples Temple member to be tried in the United States for criminal acts relating to the murders at Jonestown. He was convicted on four different murder-related counts. On March 3, 1987, Layton was sentenced to concurrent sentences of life in prison for "aiding and abetting the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan", "conspiracy to murder an internationally protected person, Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission for the United States in the Republic of Guyana", as well as 15 years in prison on
Joseph Casey (congressman) he held until 1861. He was appointed in 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln as one of the judges of the United States Court of Claims. Upon the reorganization of that court in 1863, he was appointed chief justice and was the first person to serve in that capacity, holding the position until December 1870, when he resigned. He was engaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., until his death in 1879. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery. Joseph Casey (congressman) Joseph Casey (December 17, 1814 – February 10, 1879) was a Whig member of the U.S. House