8th Circuit Upholds Less Prison Time For Tribal Member For Baby's Death

Mealey's (July 23, 2020, 3:27 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A trial court properly gave a reduced prison sentence to a young tribal member with "significant cognitive impairments" who admitted that his neglect caused his infant son's death, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held July 23 (United States v. Darwin Wade Red Cloud, No. 19-1210, 8th Cir.)....