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Argument in double-jeopardy case shines spotlight on prosecutorial issues faced by Native tribes

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Share The Supreme Court heard argument on Tuesday in Denezpi v. United States , which examines whether the federal government can bring criminal charges in federal court against a defendant previously found guilty in a Court of Indian Offenses for an offense stemming from the same act.

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Court will take up five new cases, including lawsuit from football coach who wanted to pray on the field

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Share In a term in which the justices are already slated to weigh in on disputes over public funding for private schools that teach religion , the role of spiritual advisers in the execution chamber , and the flying of a religious flag on a city flag pole , the Supreme Court on Friday added another religion case to its docket.

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