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Report: 20% of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices With Indian Country Oversight Are Noncompliant With Landmark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Law

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Report: 20% of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices With Indian Country Oversight Are Noncompliant With Landmark Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Law
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A new report from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General reveals that a fifth of U.S. Attorneys’ Offices required to implement a law aimed at improving outcomes for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) are noncompliant.



After passing the House and Senate unanimously, Savanna’s Act was signed into law in October 2020. The law is named for 22-year-old Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a citizen of the Spirit Lake Nation whose brutal murder when she was eight m

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