Ariz. tribe boosts jail time for reservation crime

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Hopi will be one of the earliest tribes to increase criminal sentences under a landmark federal law meant to improve public safety on American Indian reservations — where a historic gap in the U.S. justice system has left tribes with little authority over offenders on their lands.

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