On Federal Juries and American Indian Defendants

This story was filed on February 27, 2013

Commentators (for example, here and here) have been noting in response to Grassley’s concern that white male perpetrators will not benefit from a jury of their peers in tribal courts that Indian defendants (almost) never stand trial before federal juries … Continue reading →read more

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