Why Won’t the U.S. Acknowledge Tribal Rule in Its Death Penalty Decisions?

A blatant disregard of tribal sovereignty is making for a tension-filled standoff

Ruth Hopkins
ZORA
Published in
6 min readAug 13, 2019

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LLast week, Attorney General William Barr announced that the Justice Department will resume the practice of putting federal death row inmates to death for the first time since 2003.

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Ruth Hopkins
ZORA
Writer for

Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer. Bylines: Teen Vogue, Huffpost, Bustle, Jezebel, Truthout & more.