On Wednesday, Lezmond Mitchell is scheduled to be executed in Indiana. There’s no dispute about the crimes Mitchell committed. He was convicted of murdering Alyce Slim and her 9-year-old granddaughter, Tiffany Lee, in 2001. But because Mitchell is a member of the Navajo Nation and the tribe opposes the execution, the situation highlights the differences between U.S. law and tribal sovereignty….
Source: Red Lake Nation News