Law360, New York (August 11, 2017, 6:46 PM EDT) -- A Tenth Circuit decision overturning a murder conviction because the alleged crime occurred on the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s reservation strongly affirms that tribal lands cannot be reduced without clear congressional approval, opening the door for Oklahoma tribes to assert authority over land long thought to be under the state's control. A unanimous circuit panel on Tuesday threw out the conviction and death sentence of Creek tribal member Patrick Dwayne Murphy for the 1999 murder of another tribe member, saying Murphy would have to be federally prosecuted because the location of his alleged crime remained within the Creek tribe’s reservation in Eastern Oklahoma....

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