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Oklahoma judge rules triple killing occurred on tribal land

| October 14, 2020 3:08 PM

PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — A death row inmate in Oklahoma is likely to get a new trial in federal court after a judge determined that the victims in the case were tribal citizens and the killings happened on Indian land, as determined by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

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