Statutes | Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe Chapter 7ยง 2 | 2019
The general purposes of this code are to establish a system of prohibitions, penalties, and correctional measures to deal with conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably causes or threatens harm to those individual or public interests for which tribal governmental protection is appropriate. To this end, the provisions of this code are intended, and shall be construed, in accordance with tribal customs as well as to achieve the following objectives:
(1) To ensure the public safety through a vindication of public norms by the imposition of merited punishment the deterrent influence of the penalties hereinafter provided the rehabilitation of those convicted of violations of this chapter and such confinement as may be necessary to prevent likely recurrence of serious criminal behavior.
(2) By definition and grading of offenses, to define the limits and systemize the exercise of discretion in punishment and to give fair warning of what is prohibited and of the consequences of violation.
(3) To prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the seriousness of offenses and which permit recognition of differences in rehabilitation possibilities among individual offenders.
(4) To safeguard conduct that is not criminal from condemnation as criminal and to condemn conduct that is criminal. (5) To prevent arbitrary or oppressive treatment of persons accused or convicted of offenses.
(6) To define the scope of tribal interest in law enforcement against specific offenses and to systemize the exercise of the tribe&rsquos criminal jurisdiction of its territories in the States of Nevada or Oregon. Such criminal jurisdiction may be exclusive or concurrent as authorized by federal, state or tribal law depending upon the state in which the act was committed or omitted.