Victims have stated that the justice system on tribal lands is often times too slow, or has their hands tied, to serve any real purpose. Often times the courts take too long to prosecute a case because it has to be passed onto federal authorities and a federal prosecutor, the victims will drop the case because the courts haven’t done enough. Sexual assault is a common crime on tribal lands, but prosecuting the perpetrator can take months or years. “Brent Leonhard, an attorney with the Office of Legal Counsel for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon, says his tribe-interviewed victims as part of a family violence program in 2011-12. "Where the partner was non-Indian, we found that over 80 percent
