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POOL Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter takes notes as he listens to the opening statements from the defense during opioid trial at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Okla. in 2019. Last week, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter announced his resignation, saying the controversy surrounding his recent divorce filing could overshadow the work of his office. His decision could jeopardize ongoing negotiations with two of the states biggest tribal nations over criminal jurisdiction. The...

Chickasaw Nation says Gov. Kevin Stitt exaggerating impacts of McGirt v Oklahoma Chris Casteel, Oklahoman © Todd Pendleton A map of Indian reservations in Oklahoma shows the jurisdiction of the Five Tribes, the Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks and Seminoles. Gov. Kevin Stitt is using “overtly political rhetoric” to exaggerate some of the problems encountered as criminal jurisdiction is reshaped in eastern Oklahoma in the wake of last year’s momentous U.S. Supreme...

Oklahoman Gov. Kevin Stitt is using “overtly political rhetoric” to exaggerate some of the problems encountered as criminal jurisdiction is reshaped in eastern Oklahoma in the wake of last year’s momentous U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Chickasaw Nation says. “While differences over historic rulings are to be expected, the Oklahoma Governor has sensationalized and exaggerated accounts of transitional challenges, which actions have heightened political concerns over the process and und...

Flickr / Blogtrepreneur The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed that the Cherokee Nations reservation was never disestablished after Judge Gary L. Lumpkin dismissed charges against 47-year-old Travis Hogner, a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Hogner was charged for possessing a firearm after a felony within the Cherokee Nation. He will not be retried because the statute of limitations expired in his case. Over the last few months, the Seminole Nation, Chickasaw Nation and the C...

Oklahoman As eastern Oklahoma’s transformation to Indian reservations took a leap forward last week, some state and tribal leaders renewed their call for Congress to allow them to forge agreements for prosecuting criminal cases. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said recent discussions with members of Oklahoma’s congressional delegation “give me optimism and confidence that they’re going to move as quickly as this situation requires” to introduce legislation. “The Cherokee and ...

Bill Oxford / Unsplash Last week, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals delivered two monumental rulings affirming the tribal sovereignty of the Chickasaw Nation and the Cherokee Nation. The cases are now part of five Oklahoma tribes effort to regain their reservations following a historic win in the U.S. Supreme Court. In each case, the defendants challenged the states ability to prosecute them based on the location of the crime and the fact that both involved citizens of tribal nations in ...

OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS In two cases on Thursday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the tribal boundaries of the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations were never disestablished by Congress. First, the court ruled that the Chickasaw Nation has jurisdiction, not the state, in the case of a man on Oklahomas death row. The court granted post-conviction relief to Shaun Bosse, who was sentenced to death in 2012 for the murder of Katrina Griffin and her two children in McClain County....

Federal government now has criminal jurisdiction in much of eastern Oklahoma, with more to come.