Idaho State Bar Journal “Advocate” Publishes Indian Law Rebuttal: Benewah County, Idaho Does Prosecute Non-Indians

Douglas Payne, Benewah County Prosecutor, responds to the notion that non-Indians can get away with crime in Indian country because no one will prosecute them in his short paper, “Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country: Complicated by Design, but Not Lawless.” It’s available on page 48 here.

He is responding to Brian McClatchey’s paper in the August issue — “The Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010: Toward Safe Tribal Communities” — available on page 24 here.