22-09-2020 00:41 via kvoa.com

Feds indict Indian men whose cases led to sovereignty ruling

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Two Native American men at the center of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on tribal sovereignty are now facing felony charges in federal court. U.S. Attorney Brian Kuester on Monday announced a federal grand jury returned criminal indictments against 71-year-old Jimcy McGirt and 51-year-old Patrick Dwayne Murphy. Both men have been in state prison since the 1990s but had challenged their sentences, arguing they should have been charged in federal, not state court. T
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