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5 tribal whalers reject plea deal after rogue hunt in Washington
by Gene Johnson
Tacoma, Washington (AP) Five tribal members charged with killing a gray whale during a rogue hunt off Washington state rejected a plea deal after federal prosecutors said they might seek to curtail the men’s hunting rights. The Makah Tribe members believed they were acting within their tribal rights when they harpooned and shot the whale Sept. 8 in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, defense attorney Jack Fiander said. But they acknowledged there was enough evidence for the court to convict them, and each had planned to plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act. |
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