Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribes will publicly endorse Democrat Joy Hofmeister for governor at a press conference in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, a source with knowledge of the plans confirmed
Five of Oklahoma’s largest tribes will publicly endorse Democrat Joy Hofmeister for governor at a press conference in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, a source with knowledge of the plans confirmed
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
In two cases on Thursday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the tribal boundaries of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations were never disestablished by Congress.
First, the court ruled that the Chickasaw Nation has jurisdiction, not the state, in the case of a man on Oklahoma s death row.
The court granted post-conviction relief to Shaun Bosse, who was sentenced to death in 2012 for the murder of Katrina Griffin and her two children in McClain County.
The ruling means that the Chickasaw Nation, and by extension the federal government, have jurisdiction to try crimes involving Indigenous citizens when they happen within the nation s boundaries. Bosse s victims were citizens of the Chickasaw Nation.