Committee is evaluating whether those living on reservations face disproportionately harsher penalties than other citizens Spurred by concerns from judges, prosecutors and tribal leaders, a federal panel is reviewing whether Native Americans living on reservations face disproportionately harsher punishments for crimes than other Americans. Ralph Erickson, chief federal district court judge for North Dakota and head of the U.S. Sentencing Commission committee conducting the review, is among those calling for an examination of the sentencing practices on the nation\u27s 325 reservations. No matter how long I have been sentencing in Indian Country, I find it gut-wrenching when I am asked by a family member of a person I have senten...
State and federal courts increasingly are being confronted with prosecutors moving the court to cons...
Government statistics and empirical research have long documented the fact that Aboriginal people ac...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social WorkRichard GoeGovernment rese...
Committee is evaluating whether those living on reservations face disproportionately harsher penal...
Examining the issues related to possible disparity in sentencing has been a focus of criminal justic...
This article critiques a proposal to include tribal court criminal convictions and sentences in the ...
Federal Judge Myron Bright told a UND audience Monday that he\u27s supporting a campaign to get a N...
An important issue confronting the criminal justice system is sentencing disparity. Sentencing dispa...
Under longstanding policy, the U.S. Sentencing Commission takes the position that tribal court convi...
Since the U.S. Sentencing Commission first enacted the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Guidelines...
Former Miss Navajo Radmilla Cody, an award-winning recording artist, also will speak about legal i...
State and federal courts increasingly are being confronted with prosecutors moving the court to cons...
This study expands upon an earlier exploration of sentencing disparity in the Yakima County, Washing...
This brief will examine inconsistencies in the criminal justice system with regards to Native Americ...
Driven by public concern about sex offenses, in recent years Congress has repeatedly enhanced the pe...
State and federal courts increasingly are being confronted with prosecutors moving the court to cons...
Government statistics and empirical research have long documented the fact that Aboriginal people ac...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social WorkRichard GoeGovernment rese...
Committee is evaluating whether those living on reservations face disproportionately harsher penal...
Examining the issues related to possible disparity in sentencing has been a focus of criminal justic...
This article critiques a proposal to include tribal court criminal convictions and sentences in the ...
Federal Judge Myron Bright told a UND audience Monday that he\u27s supporting a campaign to get a N...
An important issue confronting the criminal justice system is sentencing disparity. Sentencing dispa...
Under longstanding policy, the U.S. Sentencing Commission takes the position that tribal court convi...
Since the U.S. Sentencing Commission first enacted the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the Guidelines...
Former Miss Navajo Radmilla Cody, an award-winning recording artist, also will speak about legal i...
State and federal courts increasingly are being confronted with prosecutors moving the court to cons...
This study expands upon an earlier exploration of sentencing disparity in the Yakima County, Washing...
This brief will examine inconsistencies in the criminal justice system with regards to Native Americ...
Driven by public concern about sex offenses, in recent years Congress has repeatedly enhanced the pe...
State and federal courts increasingly are being confronted with prosecutors moving the court to cons...
Government statistics and empirical research have long documented the fact that Aboriginal people ac...
Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social WorkRichard GoeGovernment rese...