MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Jimcy McGirt, the 77-year-old man at the center of the landmark 2020 Supreme Court ruling involving tribal sovereignty, has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for failing to register as a sex offender and violating his probation.
McGirt was arrested in 2024 after failing to register as a sex offender. Federal investigators say McGirt knowingly failed to register as a sex offender and was living within a 2,000-foot radius of a park or playground.
He was arrested just months after he was released from prison. McGirt previously served 30 years after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a child.
After serving his current sentence, McGirt will be on supervised release for the rest of his life.
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