NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 9, 2017
CONTACT Neely Tsoodle
PR Manager
P.O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
(918) 758-6599
NTsoodle@muscogeenation.com
MCN Attorney General’s Office releases statement regarding 10th Circuit Court ruling in Murphy case
Muscogee (Creek) citizen Patrick Murphy’s death sentence was overturned Aug. 8 in a federal court of appeals based on an argument of tribal jurisdiction. The Oklahoma Attorney General sought a rehearing , but the U. S. Tenth Circuit has made the decision not to rehear the case.