Fighting Crime on Reservations

It's a bill that aims to create more law and order on reservations... Senator Dorgan is part of ...  More »

It's a bill that aims to create more law and order on reservations... Senator Dorgan is part of a group that's introducing federal legislation to fight crime levels in Indian Country. Violent crime on the Spirit Lake and Standing Rock Reservations is more than 5 times the national average. Dorgan says one in three women on the reservation will be raped or sexually assaulted in her lifetime. He says the current system in fighting crime does not work and new legislation is an aggressive start at fixing problems... (Sen. Byron Dorgan / (D) ND) it will change the judical system allow them to sent. up to 3 years now allowed only 1 year. Greater consultation and coordination between federal law and authorities, tribal authorities. Require attornies to file reports - if they decline a case we want to understand why. Between 2004 and 2007 the United States declined to prosecute 62 percent of Indian Country criminal cases.  « Less