Here is the opinion in Runningeagle v. Ryan.
Ninth Circuit Rejects Habeas Petition of Native Man Sentenced to Death
Here is the opinion in Runningeagle v. Ryan.
death penalty
Native America Calling Show on the Death Penalty
Here.
The show featured two of my favorite people — Catherine Grosso, MSU law prof, and Tamera Begay, a Navajo member who is two days away from graduating from MSU law school.
United States v. Mitchell — Death Penalty Case at Navajo
Recently, the Ninth Circuit decided a federal death penalty case arising out the Navajo Nation. The Court rejected an argument that the Navajo Nation hadn’t opted into the death penalty in accordance with the Major Crimes Act on the theory that the federal statute at issue was a different one. In short, the Court ignored tribal sovereignty.
Turtle Talk 