Entries tagged with “Chickasaw Nation”
Death Row
Native Americans
,Federal Death Penalty
,Mar 12, 2021
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of March 8, 2021
NEWS (3/11/21) — Oklahoma: The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has voided the conviction and death sentence imposed on Shaun Bosse for the murders of three enrolled members of the Chickasaw Nation within the historical boundaries of the Chickasaw Nation Reservation.
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,United States Supreme Court
,Lethal Injection
,Native Americans
,May 31, 2021
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 24, 2021
NEWS (5/24 and 5/26/21) — Washington, D.C.: The U.S. Supreme Court issued rulings in two death-penalty cases, denying a defense petition to review an “as-applied” challenge to Missouri’s lethal-injection protocol and granting a prosecution petition to delay enforcement of a state-court ruling that had voided the conviction of an Oklahoma death-row…
Death Row
Native Americans
,Apr 06, 2021
Chickasaw Nation Opposes Oklahoma Attorney General’s Attempt to Undo Tribal Sovereignty Decision in Death Penalty Case
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has asked the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider its decision recognizing the tribal sovereignty of the Chickasaw Nation over crimes committed by or against Native Americans on Chickasaw Nation…
Death Row
Native Americans
,Federal Death Penalty
,Mar 16, 2021
Second Oklahoma Death Penalty Voided Under Native Sovereignty Decision, Shaun Bosse to Get Non-Capital Trial in Federal Court
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has voided the convictions of a second death-row prisoner who was unlawfully tried and condemned in the Oklahoma state courts for an offense that occurred on Native American tribal…