Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on Double Jeopardy, Dual Sovereignty & Enforcement of Tribal Laws
June 19, 2022
June 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on Double Jeopardy, Dual Sovereignty, and Enforcement of Tribal Laws (No. LSB10763) on June 16, 2022, by legislative attorney Mainon A. Schwartz:
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On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the federal prosecution of a man who had already been convicted of, and punished for, a lesser-included offense by a Court of Indian Offenses. . . .
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On June 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the federal prosecution of a man who had already been convicted of, and punished for, a lesser-included offense by a Court of Indian Offenses. . . .