Court Rejects Indian Inmate’s Petition After Allowing Prosecutions By 2 Sovereigns

Mealey's (June 24, 2019, 12:48 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court justices on June 24 turned down a request to decide an Indian woman’s double jeopardy claims for a federal manslaughter charge that followed her manslaughter conviction in a tribal court, after holding a week prior in another case that a person can be prosecuted for the same crime by separate sovereigns (Tawnya Bearcomesout v. United States, No. 17-6856, U.S. Sup.)....