Justices Say Navajo Man Didn't Face Double Jeopardy

By Andrew Westney (June 13, 2022, 10:41 AM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Navajo Nation member wasn't subjected to double jeopardy when he was convicted on sexual assault charges in federal court following a prosecution in a federally funded Court of Indian Offenses, saying that the Constitution didn't block the successive prosecutions even if the federal government was behind both....

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