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Cherokee Nation council approves amendment to Title 21 to update age-of-consent and related provisions
Summary
The Tribal Council approved an amendment to Title 21 (Crimes and Punishments) of the Cherokee Nation Code, aligning several age-related criminal provisions with recent state revisions; the measure passed after debate over timing and substantive changes.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council on a voice vote approved an act amending Title 21 (Crimes and Punishments) of the Cherokee Nation Code to incorporate recent age-of-consent and related criminal-law revisions.
Councilor Condessa Teehee put the ordinance forward in the form of a motion and described the changes as part of an ongoing process to modernize the Nation’s criminal code since the McGirt decision. "What we aim to do . . . is to make sure that we're aligning the construct of our code based on what our values as a tribe are also consistent with what you see in state law," Teehee said during the introduction.
Councilor Julia Coates urged caution and asked…
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